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Type Surname (from nickname)

Meaning & History

Nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint "holy" (Latin sanctus "blameless, holy"). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.
Added 3/23/2016 by anonymous
Edited 5/6/2016 by Marusero