The Styles Family Name

Styles is a branch of the Stiles name tree. Name scholars give the meaning as “Dweller by a stile”. The two spellings differ in a small detail: Styles has “y” where Stiles has “i”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Style and Stile.

Styles ranked 5,113 in the 2010 US Census, with 6,847 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames.

There is no single Styles 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 Styles family name pack.