Stokes Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Stokes Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Stokes

The ancient history of the name Stokes was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'of Stoke', this is a locational name from many places in England of the name. It meant originally 'place', and was used to name outlying hamlets or dependant settlements. Variants include Stoke, Stoak, Stoaks, Stooks, Stookes and Stoker. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout the above islands. Examples of such are a Baldewin de Stoke, County Suffolk, a Mariota Stoke, County Huntingdonshire, a Robert de Stokes, County Oxfordshire, and a Seman de Stokes, County Northamptonshire, who were all recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273. An Adam del Stoke was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the year 1379. A Walter de Stoke, County Somerset, was recorded in the ancient book 'Kirby's Quest, in the reign of Edward III. In Ireland this name has existed since the fourteenth century when it was first introduced by settlers from England and Scotland.