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SADOWSKI Polish Name for someone who lived in Sadowo, Sadowice or other place whose name began with sad- "garden". SAITO Japanese From sai meaning "correct" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara ("wisteria field") clan. SALAZAR Spanish, Portuguese Means "dweller in the old hall" from the Romance word sala meaning "hall" and the Basque zahar meaning "old"... [more] SALOMON English, French, Italian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian Derived from the given name SALOMON. SANDOVAL Spanish Derived from the name of a town in Spain, ultimately from Latin meaning "new forest". SANTIAGO Portuguese, Spanish Spanish and Portuguese place name that described the man who emigrated from any of the several locations so-named, which got their names from the dedication of their church to Saint JAMES, the patron saint of Spain. SAPIENTI Italian Means "wise" in Latin or Italian, most likely given to someone who was wise or behaved wisely. SAPPINGTON English From the city of Sapperton, England, from Old English sapere meaning "soap maker" and ton meaning "town, farm, or settlement". SATO (1) Japanese From sa meaning "help" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara ("wisteria field") clan. SAUVETERRE French Named after one of the towns in France derived from sauve "safe" and terre "land": therefore "safe haven". SAVAGE English English nickname for a "wild or uncouth person", derived from a Middle English version of Old French salvage or sauvage, which means "untamed". SCARLETT English Denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth, ultimately derived from Persian سقرلاط (sakhrilat). SCHEINBERG German, Jewish Means "lovely, beautiful mountain" from the German schön "fine, beautiful" and berg meaning "mountain". SCHENCK German, Dutch, Jewish From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out")... [more] SCHERMER Dutch, Low German Occupational name for a fencer or swordsman, akin to Old High German skirmen "to defend". SCHLENDER German Means "to dawdle" from the Middle High German slinderen or "to swallow, eat" from the Middle Low German slinden. SCHMIDT German, Hungarian From the occupation of schmied, which is "smith" or "metalworker" in English. SCHOOL Scottish, English Derived from either the Old Norse given name Skúli, the Old Danish Skuli or the Old Swedish Skule which probably all mean "to protect". SCHOONRAAD Dutch Means "refined counsel" from the Low German schoon "refined, beautiful" and raad "counsel, advice". SCHREIER German, Jewish German and Yiddish word that means "screamer" or "shrieker" or "crier", perhaps an occupational name for a town crier... [more] SCHUCHARD German From Middle High German schuochwürhte, schuochworhte, or schuchwarte meaning "shoemaker". SCHULTHEIß German Occupational surname derived from Middle High German schultheiße meaning "mayor, judge". SCHWARZENEGGER German Means "harrower of the dark fields" or "dark harrower of the fields" from the German schwarz meaning "dark, black" and egge meaning "harrow"... [more] SCIARRA Italian From Sicilian sciarra meaning "quarrel, dispute", originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person. SCOTT English, Scottish Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic. SEELENFREUND German, Jewish Middle High German vriunt, modern German freund, meaning "friend" and modern German seele, meaning "soul". SEGHER Dutch Derived from the given name Seger, which comes from Sieger, which meant "victory army" in Old Norse. SENFT (2) German Nickname for a helpful, kind person from the Middle High German senfte meaning "soft, accomodating". SEPÚLVEDA Spanish Derived from the name of the Sepulveda valley in the mountains of Segovia, and was originally used to denote people from that region... [more] SERAFIM Portuguese Derived from the Latin given name Seraphinus which is derived from the Hebrew serafim which was the name of a class of angels in the Bible whose name originally was derived from saraf meaning "to burn". SEWARD (1) English Derived from the given name Sigeweard, which means "protector of victory" from the Middle English sige "victory" and weard "protector". SEXTON English Occupational name for a sexton (Middle English sexteyn), a person who is a caretaker for a church or graveyard. SHEEHY Scottish, Irish Anglicized form of the Gaelic given name Sítheach meaning "mysterious, eerie". SHEINFELD German, Jewish Means "lovely, beautiful field" from the German schön "fine, beautiful" and feld meaning "field". SHERBURNE English Denotes a person hailing from any of the various places called Sherborne or Sherburn in England. SHERMAN (1) English Literally "shear man", referring to someone who used shears in his line of work, such as a sheep-shearer. SHRIVER German Occupational name referring to an official or public writer, from German schreiben "to write". SIDNEY English Originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island"... [more] SIEGEL (2) German Derived from diminutive forms of Germanic names beginning with the element sigi meaning "victory". SIENKIEWICZ Polish Patronymic from the given name Sienko, a diminutive of the archaic name Siemion, a form of SIMON... [more] SIMON Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish Derived from the Hebrew given name SIMON. SINAGRA (2) Italian Derived from the given name Xenagoras which means "strange honour" from the Greek xenos "strange" and geras "honour". SINGH Indian (Sikh) In 1699 the Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh male followers the surname Singh and all females Kaur... [more] SISKIN German, Jewish Means "sweet child" from the words suess meaning "sweet" and kind meaning "child". SITZ (1) German, Jewish Derived from a given name beginning with the Germanic element sigi meaning "victory". |
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