Stilling

Stilling
Recorded in many forms including Still, Stille and Stillman (English) and Still, Stille, Stiller, Stile, Stiling, Stilling, and Stillmann (German and Dutch), this is a surname of several possible origins. However spelt the origins are pre 7th century. The first possible origin is topographical or occupational for one who lived by or looked after a fish trap, probably on a river. This is a derivative of the German and Anglo-Saxon word 'stiell', Secondly it can be a medieval nickname surname for an (apparently) placid person. Here the derivation is from High German and Olde English word 'still', which does mean calm or quiet. However it should be said that the medieval period is renowned for its robust humour, and it may well be that the actual meaning is the complete reverse of what it may appear to mean! Thirdly the name can be locational for a person from one of the various places called Still or Stille in Europe. Early examples of the surname recordings taken from surviving authentic rolls and registers of the Middle Ages include: Lefwinus Stille in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Sussex, England, in 1166, Heinrich Stille of Mainz, Germany, in the year 1240, Richard le Stille in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire, England, in 1275, and Bernhard Stilling, of Schuttorf, Hanover, in 1496. William Still, who is believed to have been Irish, sailed aboard the ship "Charles Humberton of Liverpool" bound for New York on June 15th 1846. This was at the height of the infamous Potato Famine (1846 - 1848), which brough tragedy to Ireland. The first recorded spelling of the surname anywhere in the world is believed to be of Aluuinus Stilla, which was dated 1086, in the famous Domesday Book of England in 1086. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Stilling — ist der Name von Benedikt Stilling (1810–1879), deutscher Mediziner Gunther Stilling (* 1943), deutscher Bildhauer Heinrich Stilling (1853–1911), deutscher Pathologe Jakob Stilling (1842 1915), deutscher Augenarzt Johann Heinrich Jung Stilling… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Stilling — Still ing, n. [Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set, to place.] A stillion. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stilling — Stilling, 1) Benedict, geb. 1810 in Kirchheim, Landgerichtswundarzt zu Kassel; er schr.: Die künstliche Pupillenbildung in der Sclerotica, Marburg 1833; Die Bildung u. Metamorphose des Blutkopfs in verletzten Blutgefäßen, Eisenach 1834; Die… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Stilling — Stilling, 1) Benedikt, Anatom und Chirurg, geb. 22. Febr. 1810 in Kirchhain, gest. 28. Jan. 1879 in Kassel, studierte seit 1828 in Marburg, wurde 1834 Landgerichtswundarzt in Kassel, schied aber 1840 aus dem Staatsdienst und lebte seitdem in… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Stilling — Stilling, Benedikt, Anatom und Chirurg, geb. 22. Febr. 1810 zu Kirchhain (Hessen), gest. 28. Jan. 1879 als Geh. Sanitätsrat in Cassel, um die Kenntnis des Faserlaufs in Gehirn und Rückenmark verdient; schrieb: »Über die Spinalirritation« (1840),… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Stilling [2] — Stilling, Schriftsteller, s. Jung, Heinrich …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Stilling — Stilling, s. Jung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • stilling — index palliative (abating) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Stilling — Still Still, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stilling}.] [AS. stillan, from stille still, quiet, firm. See {Still}, a.] 1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stilling — Original name in latin Stilling Name in other language State code DK Continent/City Europe/Copenhagen longitude 56.06224 latitude 9.98822 altitude 68 Population 3655 Date 2011 12 20 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

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