as a Last Name
- 4,874
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Squire
Meaning & Origins
English: status name from Middle English squyer ‘esquire’, ‘a man belonging to the feudal rank immediately below that of knight’ (from Old French esquier ‘shield bearer’). At first it denoted a young man of good birth attendant on a knight, or by extension any attendant or servant, but by the 14th century the meaning had been generalized, and referred to social status rather than age. By the 17th century, the term denoted any member of the landed gentry, but this is unlikely to have influenced the development of the surname.
| 6,083rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Squires, Squier, Squibb, Squillace, Squillante, Squitieri, Squiers, Squicciarini, Squirewell, Squilla
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,874
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Squire per capita
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