Submitted Surnames Starting with S

Sa Korean
There are three Chinese characters associated with this surname. Two of these are extremely rare and are not treated here. The remaining Sa surname is also quite unusual. There are two distinct clans, one of Kyŏngsang South Province’s Kŏch’ang County and the other originating with a refugee from Ming China who came to Korea near the end of the Koryŏ period (ad 918–1392).

Sá Portuguese, Galician
Variant spelling of Saa, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

Saa Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

Saabir Somali

Saabira Pakistani

Saad Arabic
From the given name Sa'd.

Saadaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Sa'd" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Saadat Persian
Means "happiness" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic سعادة (sa'adah).

Saadatmand Persian
Means "happy, auspicious, blissful" in Persian.

Saadiq Pakistani
Rare variant of Sadiq.

Saadoune Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "help", "luck" and "support".

Saag Estonian

Saag Estonian
Saag is an Estonian surname meaning "saw".

Saagpakk Estonian
Saagpakk is an Estonian surname meaning "saw log".

Saal Estonian
Saal is an Estonian surname meaning "hall".

Saarejõe Estonian
Saarejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "island river".

Saareke Estonian
Saareke is an Estonian surname meaning "islet".

Saarela Estonian
Saarela is an Estonian surname meaning "island area".

Saaremaa Estonian
Derived from "Saaremaa" a city in Estonia.

Saaremäe Estonian
Saaremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "island hill/mountain".

Saarepera Estonian
Saarepera is an Estonian surname meaning "island folk".

Saarepuu Estonian
Saarepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "ash tree" (Fraxinus).

Saarestik Estonian
Saarestik is an Estonian surname meaning "archipelago".

Saarik Estonian
Saarik is an Estonian surname meaning "ash tree stand".

Saarkoppel Estonian
Saarkoppel is an Estonian surname meaning "island paddock".

Saarma Estonian
Saarma is an Estonian surname derived from "saarmas", meaning "otter".

Saarmaa Estonian
Saarmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "island land".

Saarniit Estonian
Saarniit is an Estonian surname meaning "island meadow".

Saaroja Estonian
Saaroja is an Estonian surname meaning "island stream".

Saarpuu Estonian
Saarpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "ash tree".

Saarsalu Estonian
Saarsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "island grove".

Saarsoo Estonian
Saarsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "island swamp".

Sääsk Estonian
Sääsk is an Estonian surname meaning "midge" and "gnat".

Saat Estonian
Saat is an Estonian surname derived from "saatja", meaning "sender", "addresser", "guard" and "porter".

Saavedra Spanish
Derived from the place-name Saavedra and therefore signifies "descendant or son of one from Saavedra". The place-name Saavedra is located in the north western province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain and is believed to be derived from the elements "Saa" meaning "Hall" and "Vedra" (feminine) meaning "Old".

Saba French, Occitan
Nickname from a variant of Occitan sabe meaning "tasty, flavorsome". Compare Sabourin.

Saba Arabic
From the given name Saba or Sabah.

Sabado Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish sábado meaning “Sabbath, Saturday”.

Sabadoš Croatian, Serbian

Sabagh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صباغ (see Sabbagh).

Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.

Sabalieŭ Belarusian, Jewish
Variant of Sobaĺ.

Sabashvili Georgian
Means "son of Saba".

Sàbat Catalan
From a nickname or personal name bestowed on someone born on a Saturday, which was considered a good omen (Late Latin sabbatum, Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabat "Sabbath").

Sabat Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazi) ornamental name from German Sabbat "Sabbath".

Sabat French
Nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at "noise", "racket".

Sabatier French
Meaning "cobbler, shoemaker".

Sabatini Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Sabatino.

Sabatino Italian
From the given name Sabatino.

Sabato Italian
From sabato "Saturday".

Sabba Russian (Anglicized)
From the given name Sabba.

Sabbagh Arabic
Means "dyer" in Arabic.

Sabbatini Italian
Variant of Sabatini.

Sabbatino Italian

Sabe Manding, Indian

Sabella Sicilian

Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Saberi Persian
From the given name Saber.

Šabić Bosnian, Croatian

Sabillena Spanish (Philippines)

Sabino Italian
From the given name Sabino

Sabinov Bulgarian
Means “son of Sabin”

Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Sabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.

Sabitzer German (Austrian)

Sable Indian

Sablone Italian
From Latin sabulo "coarse sand, gravel".

Sabnis Hindi

Sabo Nigerian

Sabo Serbian, Croatian, Romanian
Variant form of Szabó.

Sabolić Croatian
Croatian form of Szabó.

Šabotić Montenegrin, Serbian

Sabouri Persian
Derived from Persian صبور (sabour) meaning "patient, tolerant".

Sabourin French (Quebec), French (Huguenot)
Southern French surname, originally a nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from a diminutive of sabor meaning "flavor, taste" (Old French saveur). The Huguenots brought this surname to England, and from there it may have been introduced to North America.

Šabović Bosnian

Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Saburov Russian
Russian-language surname

Sac Romansh

Sacasas Spanish
Have researched the surname Sacasas, and have narrowed the usage down to four countries the name has been used in. Spain, Cuba, the United States and Philippines. The uncommonality of the last name and the fact that three of those countries were at one point or another colonized by Spain has led me to theorize Spanish origin.

Sacayan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano sakayan meaning "boat, vessel".

Sacca Italian

Saccente Italian
Nickname from medieval Italian saccente "wise".

Sacdalan Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog sakdalan meaning "perfection, excellence, extremeness".

Sace Filipino

Sačer Croatian

Sach Hebrew

Sacha Polish

Sachan Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit सचान (sácāna) meaning "kind, friendly".

Sachdev Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, virtuous, good" and देव (devá) meaning "deity, god".

Sachdeva Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant transcription of Sachdev.

Sache French

Sachse German
Variant of Sachs.

Sachtleben German
Nickname for someone perceived to lead a carefree, easy life, from Middle Low German sacht(e) meaning "soft" + leben meaning "life".

Sackdavong Lao
From Lao ສັກດາ (sackda) meaning "power, authority" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Sackhoff German
Occupational name for a farmer who cultivated land to grow plants, particularly crops, derived from Middle High German sack meaning "sack, end of a valley, area of cultivation" and hof meaning "farmstead, manor, farm"... [more]

Sackman German

Sackmann German
Occupational name from Middle High German sacman meaning "baggage servant", one who was in charge of transporting and looking after a knight’s baggage and supplies on campaign.

Sackrider English (Rare)

Saclolo Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog saklolo meaning "help, aid".

Saco Italian
There are several possible derivations for the Saco surname: the Saco name evolved from an old Tuscan personal name, Saccus; it came from the word "sacco" meaning "a sack," and was an occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags; it was a habitational name taken on from the place named Sacco in Salerno province.

Sacramento Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning "sacrament" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Saczkowski Polish

Sada Japanese

Sadah Arabic

Sadaki Japanese

Sadakiyo Japanese

Sadamoto Japanese

Sadangi Indian
Sadhangi :- Who knows the six Angas(parts)... [more]

Sadat German (Rare)
The last name Sadat means "master" and "gentleman," and is originally a religious last name which was popular in the west, more precisely in Germany.

Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.

Saddi Italian

Säde Estonian
Säde is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "spark".

Sade Hebrew

Sadeghi Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

Sadeghian Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

Sadeghpour Persian
Means "son of Sadegh" in Persian.

Sadeghzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Sadegh" in Persian.

Sadek Arabic
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadel Estonian

Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic

Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadi Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'di.

Sadik Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadikaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Sadik" in Albanian.

Sadiković Bosnian
Means "son of Sadik".

Sadiku Albanian

Sadile English
1 English (mostly Lancashire): probably a variant of Sale .... [more]

Sadio African

Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadıqov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sadıq".

Sadiraj Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Sadovnikoff Russian

Sadozai Pashto, Balochi
Means "son of Sado" in Pashto. The Sadozai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Popalzai mainly inhabiting Pakistan as well as a Baloch tribe living by the Gulf of Oman in Iran... [more]

Sadulaev Chechen
From the Arabic given name Saʼdulla meaning “happiness of Allah” from سَعِدَ (saʿida) “to be happy, to be lucky” combined with Allah.

Sady Bengali

Sadykov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Means "son of Sadyk".

Saechao Thai
Form of Zhao used by Chinese Thais.

Saechueng Thai
Form of Zhuang used by Chinese Thais.

Saed Arabic, Somali, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Bengali, Punjabi, Dhivehi
From the given name Sa'id.

Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Sa'id.

Saeeda Iranian

Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.

Saegenschnitter German

Saegusa Japanese

Saehak Thai
From the Chinese surname Hao.

Saeidzadeh Persian
From the given name Saeid combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

Saejung Thai
From the Chinese surname Zhang.

Saekhu Thai
From the Chinese surname Qiu.

Saeki Japanese
This surname is used as 佐伯, 三枝木 or 佐柄木 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 伯 (haku, eki) meaning "chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 柄 (hei, gara, e, tsuka) meaning "design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Saelau Thai
Form of Liu used by Chinese Thais (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Saelee Thai
Alternate transcription of Saeli.

Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.

Saeliew Thai
Alternate transcription of Saelau (based on the Hakka romanization of the name).

Saelim Thai
Form of Lin used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saelin Thai
From the Chinese surname Lin.

Saenagi Japanese

Saeng Thai
Form of Wu used by Chinese Thais (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Saengarun Thai
Means "dawn, aurora" in Thai.

Saengchan Thai
Means "moonlight" from Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and จันทร์ (chan) meaning "moon".

Saenger German, Jewish
Occupational name for a chorister or a nickname for someone who liked singing, from Middle High German senger, German Sänger meaning "singer".

Saengkaeo Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass, diamond".

Saengkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Saengkaeo.

Saengmai Thai (Rare)
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and ไม้ (mai) meaning "wood, tree".

Saengsawang Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and สว่าง (sawang) meaning "bright, shining, brilliant".

Saengsuwan Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".

Saengthong Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".

Saëns French
From the given name Saëns

Saenseemon Thai

Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.

Saetae Thai
Form of Zheng used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saetan Thai
Form of Chen used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saetang Thai
Form of Tang used by Chinese Thais. This is one of the most common surnames in Thailand.

Sæter Norwegian
Variant of Sæther.

Sæther Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse sætr "farm" or setr "seat, residence, mountain pastures".

Saetiao Thai
Form of Zhang used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saetta Italian
Means "lightning" in Italian.

Saeueng Thai
Form of Huang used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hakka romanization of the name).

Sævarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sævar" in Icelandic.

Sævarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sævar" in Icelandic.

Saeyang Thai
Form of Yang used by Chinese Thais.

Sáez Spanish
Derived from an uncertain given name, possibly Sancho.

Saez French, Spanish

Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.

Safaei Persian
From the given name Safa.

Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.

Safara Nigerian

Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.

Safarov Tajik, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Safar".

Safdar Urdu
Derived from the given name Safdar.

Safee Malaysian

Safeena Indian (Rare)

Safer Jewish
Variant of Safir.

Safeya Muslim
• Safeya is derived from the SAD-F-A root which is used in many places in the Quran, This name derives from the Arabic “Ṣafi”, meaning “pure, confidante, best friend”. Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish woman captured from the Banu Nadir tribe at age 17, who became Muhammad's wife... [more]

Saffeels English (Rare), German (Rare)
Used as a last name a minimum of 82 times in (USA, Germany).

Saffioti Italian
From the place name Punta Safò, a settlement in Briatico.

Saffron English

Safi Pashto, Afghan, Pakistani
Meaning unknown. This is the name of branch of the Ghurghakhti Pashtun tribe in regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.

Safir Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’.

Şəfiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Şəfi".

Safka Russian, Ukrainian
From Russian за́втрак savtrak, meaning “breakfast”.

Safonov Russian

Šafran Croatian
Means "crocus, saffron".

Safran Jewish

Šafranec Croatian
Variant of Šafran.

Safrit English

Saga Japanese

Sagadraca English

Sagaipov Chechen
Chechen name of unknown meaning, possibly of Arabic or Persian origin.

Sagala Batak

Sagami Japanese

Sagan English (American)

Sagara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (saga) meaning "nature, custom, fate, destiny" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, ease".

Sagardui Basque

Sagastume Basque
Topographic name from Basque sagasta meaning "apple tree" + -ume meaning "young plant".

Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sagdiyev Uzbek
Famous barrier: Borat Sagdiyev

Sage English (Modern)
From the English word sage (see Sage).

Saget Jewish

Saggio Italian

Sağır Turkish
Means "deaf" in Turkish.

Sagisu Japanese

Sağlam Turkish
Means "firm, hard, strong" in Turkish.

Sagorsky Polish, Russian
It means literally "of the city/town Sagorsk". Sagorsk is a city near the Russian capital of Moskva. The ending of "sky" means "of". The "Sagor" part of the surname sounds to me like "za gor" which is "za gorod"... [more]

Sagrado Spanish

Sagraves English
Variant of Seagrave.

Sagrika Gujarati
Sagarika patel

Sagun Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Sahagún.

Sagwa Eastern African

Sah Indian, Hindi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu).

Saha Czech

Saha Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Sahabi Iranian
Possibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ‎ (ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".

Sahagian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sahakian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.

Sahakyan Armenian
Means "son of Sahak".

Saham Indian

Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar

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 Sahraoui)... [more]

Sahatçhiu Albanian

Sahatçiu Albanian
From Turkish saatçi meaning "watchmaker".

Şahbazov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Şahbaz".

Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.

Sahie African

Şahin Turkish
Means "falcon, hawk" in Turkish, probably used to refer to someone who was a falcon tamer.

Šahinović Bosnian

Sahlén Swedish
Variant of Sahlin.

Sahler Jewish, German

Sahlin Swedish
Swedish sal "hall, large room" (possibly from a place name containing this element) combined with the common surname suffix -in.

Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.

Sahoo Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Sahu.

Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.

Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".

Sahryu Japanese

Sahu Indian, Odia, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Sai Japanese (Rare)
Japanese for Cai.

Sai Hui
From the Arabic name Sa'id.

Said Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.

Saida Japanese

Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidov Tajik, Uzbek, Chechen, Avar, Lezgin, Lak, Turkmen
Means "son of Sa'id".

Saif Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Saif.

Saifan Hebrew
Last name and surname... [more]

Saifullah Arabic
From the given name Saifullah.

Saigo Japanese

Saihara Japanese
Prime field, Conspicuous wilderness... [more]

Saiia Italian

Saijo Japanese

Saiki Japanese

Saikia Indian, Assamese
From 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".

Saikrishna Indian

Sailer English
Variant spelling of Saylor.

Sailo Mizo

Sailor English
Variant of Saylor.

Saimura Japanese

Säinas Estonian
Säinas is an Estonian surname meaning "ide/orfe" (a freshwater species of fish; genus Leuciscus).

Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.

Saint English, French
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.

Saint-Amour French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Amor" in French.

Sainte-Marie French, Occitan
French and Occitan cognate of Santamaría.

Saint-exupery French
From the place named Saint-Exupery. Famous bearer of this surname is Antoine Saint-Exupery, the writer of .

Saint-Fleur French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Fleur" in French.

Saint-Germain French, Haitian Creole
Variant spelling of St Germain.

Saint-Jean French
Means Saint John in French

Saint-Jevin French

Saint-Juste French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Justus" in French.

Saint-Louis French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Louis" in French.

Saint-saëns French
From any place named Saint-Saens by honor to the saint Sidonius.

Saint-Simon French
A 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.

Saint-xandre French
Derived from Saint Alexander

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Saenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho. This given name was originally derived from the Latin name Sanctius a derivative of the Latin word 'sanctus', meaning 'holy'.

Saionji Japanese
Japanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".

Saipe English
English: perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.

Saipov Uzbek, Kyrgyz
From a given name derived from Arabic صائب (sayib) meaning "just, true, right".

Saique Filipino

Saique Filipino
Saique means ‘sovereign’ or ‘supreme ruler’

Saishiki Japanese
Derived from "彩色" meaning "colouring".

Saisho Japanese