Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: silt (Noun). Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water. silt (Noun). Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport. silt (Noun). A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
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However some people were just given their father's name as a surname like Arnold, Henry, Howard or Thomas. Fitz is a corruption of the Norman-French 'fils de' (son of). The ending 'cock' meant young man. So we have Hitchcock (Hitch was a pet name for Richard).he origin of the surnames Orchard and Pond are obvious. The surnames Wick, Wicke, Wickes and Wicks all come from the old word wick, which meant a specialized farm. So does Whicker (dweller at the wick). The old English word atten (meaning at the) has given us the surname Attenborough.