English: from Middle English sturgeon ‘sturgeon’ (a reduced
form of Old French estourgeon), hence a metonymic occupational
name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly a nickname
for someone thought to resemble a sturgeon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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