Star Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Anyone researching Star should also look under Starr. In origin, the name means “Star”.

Star and Starr

Star drops the “r” of Starr, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

How common is Star?

Star ranked 14,279 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,097 people answering to the name. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Star coat of arms

Arms linked to Starr and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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