Sowerbey Family Crest & Name History

Sowerbey is a familiar spelling of the English name Sowerby. Its meaning, shared with Sowerby, is “farm on sour ground”. The extra “e” in Sowerbey is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Sourby.

There is no single Sowerbey family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Sowerbey family name pack.