Somerville Family History
Somerville Name Meaning
Scottish: of Norman origin a habitational name from Graveron-Sémerville in Eure (Normandy) from the ancient Germanic personal name Sigimar (see Siemer ) + Old French ville ‘settlement’. The surname was taken from England to Scotland in the 12th century by William de Somerville a retainer of David Earl of Huntingdon who became King David I of Scotland. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Somacháin (see Summers ) or Mag Shamradháin (see Somers ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022