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Sakuma JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久
(ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間
(ma) meaning "among, between".
Sakura JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉
(kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Sakuragi Japanese, Popular CultureFrom Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood" or 樹 (gi) meaning "tree". Chloe Cerise and Professor Cerise (also known as Koharu Sakuragi and Dr... [
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Sakurai JapaneseFrom the Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (
sakura) "cherry blossom" or 桃 (
sakura or
momo) "peach" and 井 (
i) "well."
Sakurai JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well." A notable bearer of this surname is Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏), a Japanese voice-actor who is best known for voicing Izuru Kira from Bleach, Kiyomaro Takamine from Zatch Bell, and Ja'far from the Magi series.
Sakurajima JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) both meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 島 (jima) meaning "island". This surname comes from 桜島 (Sakurajima), an active stratovolcano located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan... [
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Sakurami JapaneseSakura means "Cherry Blossom (tree)" and Mi means "View, See, Mindset."
Sakurami JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real".
Sakuramiya JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Sakurano JapaneseMeans "cherry blossom field" in Japanese, from 桜
(sakura) "cherry blossom" and 野
(no) "field".
Salakaya AbkhazMingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Шакар-ипа
(Shakar-ipa) meaning "son of
Shakar". The name itself may be derived from Persian شکر
(šakar) meaning "sugar" or from Arabic شَكَرَ
(šakara) meaning "to be thankful, to be grateful".
Salalila Filipino, TagalogDerived from Sanskrit शरीर
(śarīra) meaning "body". This was the name of a rajah of the historical region of Maynila (modern-day Manila).
Salameh ArabicDerived from Arabic سلامة
(salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام
(salam) meaning "peace".
Salander SwedishMeaning uncertain. Possibly a variant of
Selander or a combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix
-ander.
Salaŭjoŭ BelarusianPatronymic surname derived from Belarusian салавей
(salaviej) meaning "nightingale".
Salavati PersianFrom Persian صلوات
(salavat) meaning "praise, blessing, greeting".
Saldaña SpanishHabitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name
Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.
Saldívar SpanishCastilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.
Sale English, FrenchEnglish: from Middle English sale ‘hall’, a topographic name for someone living at a hall or manor house, or a metonymic occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. ... [
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Sale SardinianDerived from Sardinian
sale "salt", this name denoted a producer or seller of salt.
Salerno ItalianSouthern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.
Salinš LatvianTopographic name for someone living on an island, from a derivative of Latvian
sala meaning ‘island’.
Salisbury EnglishHabitational name from the city in Wiltshire, the Roman name of which was Sorviodunum (of British origin). In the Old English period the second element (from Celtic
dun ‘fortress’) was dropped and
Sorvio- (of unexplained meaning) became
Searo- in Old English as the result of folk etymological association with Old English
searu ‘armor’; to this an explanatory
burh ‘fortress’, ‘manor’, ‘town’ was added... [
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Saliste EstonianSaliste is an Estonian surname derived from "salu", meaning "grove".
Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, GreekEither a variant of
Salas or
Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian
salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".
Sallis EnglishA name for someone who lives where sallows grow - sallows being a type of willow, from the Middle English 'salwe'.
Sallo EstonianSallo is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "salu", meaning "grove" or "copse".
Sallwasser GermanIt is derived from the German words (Salz) meaning "salt", & (Salweide) meaning "water".
Salmerón SpanishIt indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.
Salonga Filipino, TagalogFrom the name of a chief of Polo (presently the city of Valenzuela in Manila) who was later baptised as
Pedro Salonga.
Salter EnglishOccupational name for an extractor or seller of salt (a precious commodity in medieval times), from Middle English salt 'salt' + the agent suffix -er.
Salthouse EnglishSalthouse and other variants come from the place name in Northumberland.
Salumets EstonianSalumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grove/coppice forest", derived from the compounds "salu" (grove/coppice) and "mets" (forest).
Salupalu EstonianSalupalu is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow heathy woodland".
Salussolia Italian, PiedmonteseOriginally denoted a person from
Salussola, a comune (municipality) in the province of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.
Saluveer EstonianSaluveer is an Estonian surname meaning "grove embankment (berm)".
Salvacion Spanish (Philippines)Derived from Spanish
salvación meaning "salvation," referring to the saving of human beings from death and separation from God by Christ's death and resurrection.
Salvatore ItalianDerived from the Italian masculine given name
Salvatore, which in turn was derived from the Italian noun
salvatore meaning "saviour, rescuer"... [
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Salzer GermanFor someone who worked with salt from Middle High German
salz "salt" (from Latin
sal).
Salzmann German, JewishOccupational name for a producer or seller of salt, from German
salz "salt" +
mann "man".
Sam KhmerMeans "excellent, beautiful" in Khmer.
Samaha ArabicDerived from Arabic سَمْح
(samḥ) meaning "magnanimous, generous".
Samaniego BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the comarca of Arabako Errioxa.
Samberg JewishHabitational name from any of several places named Samberg in Germany and Austria.
Samejima Japanese”鮫” (sa me) is meaning ”shark”(in ancient use, ”alligator” ) and ”島”(or ”嶋”) (shima in west Japan , jima in east Japan) is meaning "island" in Japan.... [
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Samet German, Jewish, YiddishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish
samet ‘velvet’ (German
Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of
hex ‘six’ +
mitos ‘thread’).
Samma EstonianSamma is an Estonian surname derived from either "sammal" meaning "moss" or "sammas" meaning " column", "pillar" and "post".
Sammartino ItalianFrom Italian
san (apocopic form of
santo ("saint") +
Martino ("Martin").
Sammul EstonianSammul is an Estonian surname meaning "pace" and "step".
Samon Japanese (Rare)This surname combines 左 (sa, sha, hidari) meaning "left" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [
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Samonte Filipino, TagalogMost likely a topographic name derived from the Tagalog prefix
sa- and Spanish
monte meaning "mountain".
Samper CatalanHabitational name from any of the places in Catalonia called Sant Pere, generally as the result of the dedication of a local church or shrine to St. Peter (Sant Pere).
Samporna Filipino, MaranaoMeans "main point" in Maranao, possibly from Sanskrit संपूर्ण
(sampūrṇ) meaning "complete, entire, whole".
Samrith KhmerMeans "refined, polished, clean, pure" in Khmer.
Samson FilipinoFrom Min Nan 三孫
(sam-sun) or 三孙
(sam-sun) meaning "third grandchild".
Samways EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a fool (from Middle English
samwis "foolish", literally "half-wise").
San TurkishMeans "reputation, fame, glory" in Turkish.
Sancti Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)Sancti or Santi is a Italian surname in the north of Italy, Cisalpine Gaul or Galia Citerior also known as Galia Togata. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.
Sande NorwegianHabitational name from any of forty or more farmsteads so named, especially on the west coast, from the dative case of Old Norse sandr meaning "sand", "sandy plain", "beach".
Sandell EnglishOriginated from a name for someone who lived on a sand hill
Sandeman EnglishScottish surname of famous merchant family engaged in banking in Scotland and London and in the Port Wine trade in London. The same family were earlier the founders of an obscure Protestant sect the Sandemanians.
Sandén SwedishCombination of Swedish
sand "sand" and the common surname suffix
-én.
San Diego Spanish (Philippines)Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus (San Diego).
Sandler EnglishNorman origin. Habitational name from Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët in La Manche, which gets its name from the dedication of its church to St. Hilary, or alternatively from either of the places, in La Manche and Somme, called Saint-Lô... [
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Sandowski PolishHabitational name from places called Sedowice, Sedowo, Sedów, in Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Piotrków, and Sieradz voivodeships.
Sandvall SwedishCombination of Swedish
sand "sand" and
vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Sanfelippo ItalianItalian (mainly Sicily and southern Calabria): habitational name from any of several places so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to St. Philip, in particular San Filippo del Mela in Messina province.
Sang EstonianSang is an Estonian surname meaning "handle" or "bail".
Sang ChineseFrom Chinese 桑
(sāng) referring either to the ancient city of Qiong Sang, which existed in what is now Shandong province, or the ancient state of Sang, which existed in what is now Henan province and was annexed by the state of Qin.
Sanghera SanskritThe Sanghera (संघेडा) clan are descended from Chauhan Rajputs and are found chiefly amongst the Jatt Sikh tribes of Northwestern India.
Sang-hyun KoreanSang-hyun is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Sangma GaroThe clan name of a folklore writer from Northeast India.
Sangwin EnglishFrom Middle English
sanguine (blood) ,one of the four humours.
San José SpanishHabitational name from any of various places called San José, so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph (San José).
Sanjou JapaneseFrom Japanese 三 (
san) meaning "three" and 條 or 条 (
jou) meaning "paragraph".
San Juan SpanishMeans "Saint John", derived from Spanish
santo "saint" combined with
Juan 1. This is a habitational name for a person from any of various places called San Juan, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint John (San Juan).
Sanjurjo SpanishSpanish: Habitational Name From Any Of Numerous Places In Galicia (Spain) Named Sanjurjo For A Local Church Or Shrine Dedicated To Saint George
Sankey English, IrishHabitational name from a place in Lancashire, which derived from the name of an ancient British river, perhaps meaning "sacred, holy." ... [
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