Short Name Meaning: From the Middle English "schort", meaning "short", or someone of low stature.
From the Middle English \"schort\", meaning \"short\", or someone of low stature. The name also has Scottish/Irish origins: the Gaelic \"Mac an Gheaire\" means \"the son of the short man\".
Discover how your Short ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 31 |
| Berkshire | 119 |
| Cambridgeshire | 37 |
| Channel Islands | 14 |
| Cheshire | 60 |
| Cornwall | 156 |
| Cumberland | 89 |
| Derbyshire | 190 |
| Devon | 981 |
| Dorset | 380 |
| Durham | 690 |
| Essex | 175 |
| Gloucestershire | 458 |
| Hampshire | 343 |
| Herefordshire | 7 |
| Hertfordshire | 49 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 135 |
| Lancashire | 718 |
| Leicestershire | 48 |
| Lincolnshire | 294 |
| London | 1,571 |
| Middlesex | 177 |
| Northumberland | 690 |
| Norfolk | 67 |
| Northamptonshire | 215 |
| Nottinghamshire | 125 |
| Oxfordshire | 26 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
| Shropshire | 16 |
| Suffolk | 86 |
| Somerset | 512 |
| Surrey | 206 |
| Sussex | 538 |
| Staffordshire | 233 |
| Warwickshire | 268 |
| Westmorland | 8 |
| Wiltshire | 98 |
| Worcestershire | 104 |
| Yorkshire | 774 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 4 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 8 |
| Carmarthenshire | 11 |
| Denbighshire | 7 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 237 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 175 |
| Pembrokeshire | 12 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,895 |
| Coal Miner | 202 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 191 |
| General Labourer | 135 |
| Dress Maker | 115 |
| Domestic Servant | 98 |
| Labourer | 86 |
| Living On Own Means | 70 |
| General Servant Domestic | 64 |
| Farm Labourer | 60 |
| Farmer | 56 |
| Laundress | 50 |
| General Servant | 47 |
| Tailor | 44 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 44 |
| Blacksmith | 42 |
| Carpenter | 39 |
| Farm Servant | 37 |
| Cotton Weaver | 36 |
| Joiner | 35 |
| House Keeper | 35 |
| Gardener | 34 |
| General Domestic Servant | 29 |
| Mason | 29 |
| Clerk | 28 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Short | 5,542 |
| Mary Short | 5,319 |
| John Short | 4,890 |
| Elizabeth Short | 3,488 |
| George Short | 2,873 |
| Thomas Short | 2,554 |
| James Short | 2,436 |
| Sarah Short | 2,316 |
| Jane Short | 1,701 |
| Ann Short | 1,580 |
| Henry Short | 1,539 |
| Charles Short | 1,403 |
| Joseph Short | 1,303 |
| Eliza Short | 1,213 |
| Frederick Short | 1,062 |
| Ellen Short | 1,034 |
| Annie Short | 1,029 |
| Alice Short | 1,026 |
| Robert Short | 1,019 |
| Edward Short | 984 |
| Emma Short | 966 |
| Margaret Short | 946 |
| Samuel Short | 904 |
| Emily Short | 790 |
| Richard Short | 789 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short | 100% | 80,428 |
| 2 | Shirt | 80% | 6,209 |
| 3 | Shart | 80% | 730 |
| 4 | Shortt | 83% | 602 |
| 5 | Shert | 80% | 193 |
| 6 | Shorte | 83% | 165 |
| 7 | Shorto | 83% | 160 |
| 8 | Shiret | 67% | 154 |
| 9 | Shurt | 80% | 128 |
| 10 | Sheret | 67% | 114 |
| 11 | Sheart | 67% | 106 |
| 12 | Ashort | 83% | 100 |
The surname Short is the most popular version of all its varients