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English: from Middle English stert ‘tail’ (Old English steort) used in its transferred sense ‘promontory tongue of land hill spur’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived near such a feature or habitational from a place so named such as Stert in Cornwood (Devon) Stert in Diptford (Devon) Start in Slapton (Devon) Start Farm and Start Point in Stokenham (Devon) Stert (Wiltshire) Sturtwood Farm in Newdigate (Surrey) Sturt Lane in Frimley (Surrey) and Sturt Farm in Haslemere (Surrey).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022