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Sahabi IranianPossibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ
(ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ
(ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".
Sahara JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (
sa) meaning "aid; help" or 佐 (
Sa), a clipping of 佐野 (
Sano), a former manor in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan, and 原 (
hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field"... [
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Sahara JapaneseFrom Japanese 左 (
sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (
saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (
hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".
Saharaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)From Arabic
صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from
صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see
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Sahib ArabicIt means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.
Sahlin SwedishSwedish
sal "hall, large room" (possibly from a place name containing this element) combined with the common surname suffix
-in.
Saijō JapaneseFrom Japanese 西
(sai) meaning "west" and 城
(jō) meaning "castle".
Saika JapaneseFrom 雑 (
sai) meaning "miscellaneous" and 賀 (
ka) meaning "congratulations, joy".
Saikia Indian, AssameseFrom a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded 100 soldiers. The title itself is derived from Assamese শ
(xo) meaning "hundred".
Saimu Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 宰 (
sai) meaning "superintend" and 務 (
mu) meaning "task; duty", referring to someone who would supervise or administer others.
Säinas EstonianSäinas is an Estonian surname meaning "ide/orfe" (a freshwater species of fish; genus Leuciscus).
Sainei Korean (Japanized, Rare)From Japanese 載寧 (
Sainei), the Japanese reading of Korean Hanja 載寧 (
Chaeryŏng/Jaeyeong) meaning "Chaeryŏng", a clan or a county in province of South Hwanghae in North Korea where the clan originated.
Saini IndianIndian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.
Saint English, FrenchNickname 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.
Saint-exupery FrenchFrom the place named Saint-Exupery. Famous bearer of this surname is Antoine Saint-Exupery, the writer of .
Saint-Just FrenchFrom Saint
Justus of Beauvais, a Catholic Saint. A famous bearer of this name is Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, a figure of the French Revolution who was guillotined.
Saint-Simon FrenchA French surname meaning "Saint Simon". Two famous bearers were Duc de Saint-Simon Louis de Rouvroy(1675-1755), a French memoirist, and his younger relative, Henri de Saint-Simon(1760-1825), the founder of French Socialism and modern theoretical Socialism in general.
Saionji JapaneseJapanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".
Saipe EnglishEnglish: perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.
Saipov Uzbek, KyrgyzFrom a given name derived from Arabic صائب
(sayib) meaning "just, true, right".
Saithong ThaiFrom Thai สาย
(sai) meaning "line, wire, string" and ทอง
(thong) meaning "gold".
Sajin French1 French: metonymic occupational name for a satin merchant or specialist satin weaver, from Middle French satin ‘satin’, a word of Arabic and (ultimately) Chinese origin, a derivative of the Chinese place name Tsinkiang, whence satin silk was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the Middle Ages.... [
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Sajuyigbe Yoruba (Americanized, Rare)The Sajuyigbe family, with its roots in the Yoruba tribe, carries a rich and complex history. The family is believed to descend from a line of royals that held significant influence in Yorubaland around the time of the Nok culture... [
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Sak TurkishMeans "conscious, awake" or "stalk, stem" in Turkish.
Saka JapaneseSaka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as
Osaka.
Saka TurkishEither an occupational name for a seller or deliverer of water or a nickname meaning "goldfinch".
Sakagami JapaneseFrom Japanese 坂 or 阪
(saka) meaning "slope" and 上
(kami) meaning "high place, top".
Sakagashira Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 坂 (
saka) meaning "slope; hill" and 頭 (
gashira), the joining form of 頭 (
kashira) meaning "head", referring to the top of a hill.... [
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Sakagawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 坂 or 阪 (
saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (
kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sakai JapaneseFrom Japanese 坂 or 阪
(saka) meaning "slope" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Sakai JapaneseFrom Japanese 酒
(saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Sakakibara JapaneseFrom Japanese 榊
(sakaki) meaning "sakaki" (a type of tree) and 原
(hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".
Sakakida Japanese (Rare)Sakaki (榊) means "sakaki tree", da (田) means "ricefield". Ta changes to da because of rendaku. This surname is extremely rare
Sakalauskas LithuanianUltimately derived from
Sokol. Varient forms are Sakalauskienė (married woman or widow) and Sakalauskaitė (unmarried woman).
Sakamata JapanesePerhaps from surname of Naoya Sakamata, who was a composer of dark music.
Sakamizu JapaneseFrom Japanese 坂 or 阪 (
saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 水 (
mizu) meaning "water".
Sakane JapaneseFrom the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (
saka) "slope" or 酒 (
saka or
sake) "alcohol" and 根 (
ne) "root."
Sakatoku JapaneseFrom Japanese 酒 (
saka), the combining form of 酒 (
sake) meaning "alcoholic beverage, rice wine" and 徳 (
toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue", referring to a wine server.
Sakazaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 坂 or 阪 (
saka) meaning "slope" and 崎 (
saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Saker EnglishOccupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, derived from an agent derivative of Old English
sacc meaning "sack, bag".
Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.
Sakhno UkrainianSakhno could be a derivative of the Russian surname Sakhalinsky (Сахалинский), the Polish surname Saczkowski, the Serbian surname Šakota (Схакота), or the German surnames Sachs and/or Sackhoff... [
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Sakigake Japanese魁 (Sakigake) can be translated to (pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald; / leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)) It could be interpreted as a nickname for who's a leader
Sakii JapaneseSaki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".
Sakimoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 崎
(saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 本
(moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Sakino JapaneseSaki means "peninsula, cape, promontory" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Sakiyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 崎
(saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山
(yama) "mountain".
Sako JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" and 古
(ko) meaning "old".
Sakoda m JapaneseDerived from the Japanese kanji 迫 (
sako) meaning "a small valley on the mountain side" and 田 (
da) meaning "paddy, field".... [
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Sakota JapaneseFrom Japanese 迫
(sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sakou JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (
sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 (
kō) meaning "facing".
Saks EstonianSaks is an Estonian surname derived from "Saksa" ("German") and "Saksamaa" ("Germany"). Ultimately derived from "Saxon" and "Saxony".
Sakuma JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久
(ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間
(ma) meaning "among, between".
Sakuncharoensuk Thai (Rare)From Thai สกุล (
sakun) meaning "birth; ancestry; family", เจริญ (
charoen) meaning to "grow; to increase; to develop", and สุข (
suk) meaning "joy; happiness".
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.
Sakurai JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜 or 櫻
(sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
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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Sakurakōji JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", 小 (kō) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "road, path, journey" or 寺 (ji) meaning "Buddhist temple". A famous bearer is Kanoko Sakurakōji (surname written 桜小路), a Japanese manga artist.
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".
Sakurayashiki Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 桜 (
sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (
yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [
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Saładajczyk PolishA Polish surname consisting of 3 elements:
sała or
сала a word of East Slavic origin meaning "salo" or "slanina",
daj meaning "give" and
czyk meaning "son of". The name means "the son of the one who gives the salo".
Saladin Frenchnickname for a blustering or tyrannical individual from the name of the medieval Egyptian sultan who because of his success in combating the Crusaders became demonized in French and Italian folklore as a monster second only to Herod.
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.
Salgado Galician, PortugueseNickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese
salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").
Salguero SpanishMeans "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin
salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).