Scurr Family History

Perhaps from a lost place described by or named with Old Scandinavian skor ‘score notch or mark’ (perhaps denoting a boundary mark). Compare Score.

Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name *Skur(r) from Old Scandinavian Skorri, which is well evidenced as a personal name and nickname in medieval Scandinavia and possibly derived from the Old Scandinavian word in (i).

It may also be evidenced in the ER Yorks place-name Scoreby.