Am doing a family tree and was wondering....?

Question:what ethnicity/background is Sturtevant? English, Dutch? Northern European? What say you?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: what ethnicity/background is Sturtevant? English, Dutch? Northern European? What say you?

English: apparently a nickname for a hasty individual, from Middle English stert(en) ‘to start or leap’ + Anglo-Norman French avaunt ‘forward’.

I got this off of ancestry.com

The names of Sturtevant, Sturtivant, Sturdevant, and Sturdivant, are of English origin, and are early nicknames given to pursuivants , harbingers, or heralds. From the Middle English "Sterten"-- meaning "to start - plus the Anglo-French "ava(u)nt" - meaning "forward' ... 'away" signifying "start away" for a messenger. Early forms of the name are: Stryrtauant; Stircuant; Stircyuant; and Sturdyvaunte.

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This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Sturtevant Name Meaning and History
English: apparently a nickname for a hasty individual, from Middle English stert(en) ‘to start or leap’ + Anglo-Norman French avaunt ‘forward’.
hope this helps.

The ones whose ancestors were owned by Sturtevants are African. The ones whose ancestor ran a shipping line in Hong Kong are half Chinese. The ones whose ancestor trapped fur are half Sioux. Names are clues, not facts.

i really dont know