Is this last name from royalty?

Question

My madien name is Cheshier and i have been told it sounds like it has come from royalty. Have you heard it before or know where i could find out?

Answer 1

I don't know...but it sounds like a nice name to me. If you were still single, the fact that you were interested in geneology would have been a big plus!

Answer 2

I would expect that one of your ancestors was illiterate (as were most people before 19 century) and did not know how to spell the family name. When it was written down by some official on a document (birth or marriage certificate, immigration document etc) the i and e were transposed, no-one noticed and it has been like it ever since.
It probably meant 'from Cheshire' in England. There was a wool working tradition in that area and further north so the name could be to identify a skilled journeyman who was taking his craft to another part of the country or world.
The closest to royalty is the House of Lancaster (Lancashire is the next county north of Cheshire) in Plantagenet times but Cheshire never figured in the political intrigues of the period.
So, you are probably an ordinary commoner - just a bum like me!

Answer 3

I don't know if you have mis-spelt your maiden name and it should be Cheshire. That's the name of an English county not particularly associated with Royalty. The British Royal Family is German being, formerly , named Saxe-Coburg Gotha. During the 1st World War they were so embarrassed by the name as we were at war with Germany that they changed it to Windsor as that was where they lived (Windsor Castle). Some of the family were Battenburgs, also German, and changed it to Mountbatten because it sounded more English. Before them there were Tudors and Stuarts and Plantagenets.

Answer 4

Alice In Wonderland. The Cheshire Cat. It's probably just because it is a familiar name. People can't tell where they heard it, so they assume it's royalty. Sounds like an English name - they have royalty. Perhaps that's why.

Answer 5

Yes, I have heard it several times. It is French. The Huguenot's in Charleston S. Carolina have a great reference to this Surname. You can research it further at Roots.com., I believe it's free. And it lets you search for names in almost every country.Our ancestors sometimes changed the exact spelling of the original Surname.It's very interesting, and worth reading.
Cheshier has a defined pronunciation. The accent is placed mainly on the "shier" Sounds like "shur".
Hope this gets you started.

Answer 6

Not any Royalty I`ve heard of - if it`s CHESHIRE then it`s a county name ,if it IS as you spelled it then the IER indicates a French origin but not a Royal name that I associate with France

Answer 7

Jenna, it is a MAIDEN name. The spell checker would have picked that up.
Is your name actually Cheshier, or Cheshire? Cheshire is a county in England. It is unlikely there were any Cheshire royals, but certainly they were included in the aristocracy, and may have been Dukes, Lords, Ladies etc.

Answer 8

Is it of English origin maybe it was a noble family name most of those names were possible royalty.

Answer 9

It doesn't sound like a royal name. It just sounds a lot like the English county of Cheshire.

Answer 10

For a fee Ancestry.com or Debrett's can do a search for you;you tell them what you'd like them to look for and ask them what the fee will be and then if you think the fee is reasonable you hire them.The name sounds like a topographical place name,much like Cheshire,in England.Many people's surnames are taken from places the family lived.