Submitted Surnames Starting with S

Sarré English
“apologetic”

Sarrià Catalan
Catalan habitational name from any of the places named Sarrià or Sàrria, in Catalonia.

Sarricolea Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Sarrikolea.

Sarrikolea Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Larrabetzu.

Sarris Greek
Derived from Turkish sari meaning "blond, fair-haired".

Sarsenbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Sarsenbay".

Sarsenbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sarsenbaev.

Sarsenov Kazakh
Means "son of Sarsen".

Sarsenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sarsenov.

Sarsour Arabic
Means "cockroach" or "roach" in Arabic.

Sartain French
Means, "Tailor".

Sartayev Kazakh

Sartori Italian
Variant of Sarto, through Latin Sartorius.

Sartorius German (Latinized)
Translation into Latin of the German surname Schneider, from Latin sartor, "tailor".

Sarukhanov m Russian

Sarumpaet Batak

Sarus Hungarian

Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Saruwatari Japanese

Sarv Estonian
Sarv is an Estonian surname meaning "horn".

Sarver English, Jewish
English and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) occupational name from Old French serveur (an agent derivative of server ‘to serve’), Yiddish sarver ‘servant’.

Sarwar Urdu, Bengali
From the Persian title سرور (sarvar) meaning "lord, master".

Sarychev m Russian

Sas Dutch
Cognate of Sachs.

Saša Croatian

Sasago Japanese

Sasaguchi Japanese

Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Sasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sasai Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit"

Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Sasala Rukai

Sasame Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左 (sa) meaning "left", -s-, used to represent epenthesis between 2 vowels or a possession marker, and 雨 (ame) meaning "rain; rainfall".

Sasamura Japanese

Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains, wilderness".

Sasaoka Japanese

Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Sasazawa Japanese

Sashenka Russian, Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
From the Russian and Ukrainian given name Sashenka (a diminutive of Aleksandr or Oleksandr), or Belarusianised form of Ukrainian Sashenko.

Sashenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Sasha".

Sashenyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Sashnyuk.

Sashihara Japanese
From 指 (sashi) meaning "finger" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Sashko Ukrainian
From the given name Sasha.

Sashnyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Sashenko.

Sashuk Ukrainian
Variant of Sashenko.

Sasi Estonian
Sasi is an Estonian surname meaning "shock", "skein", and "snarl".

Šašivarević Bosnian

Saska Croatian
Name given to someone from Saxony. From Croatian “saska” which translates to Saxony.

Şaşmaz Turkish
Means "infallible" in Turkish.

Sasori Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 佐曽利 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help," 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once" and 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit."

Sasportas Judeo-Spanish
Possibly derived from Spanish seis puertas meaning "six doors" or Catalan las portes meaning "the doors".

Sasportes Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sasportas.

Sass German
Variant of Sasse.

Saß German
Variant of Sass.

Sassa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).

Sassano Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 颯々 (sassa), sound- and script-changed from 颯爽 (sassō) meaning "gallant; jaunty" and 野 (no) meaning "field; plain", referring to a stately person who traveled to the fields.

Sasse German
Variant of Sachs via the form Sachse.

Sasselli Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "small stones" in Italian.

Sasser English

Sassi Estonian
Sassi is an Estonian surname derived form "sassis" meaning "disheveled", "tangled", and "unkempt".

Sassi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sasson Jewish

Sassoon Jewish

Sassow Polish

Sassowna Polish

Sassu Italian
From Sardinian sassu "stone".

Sassy Arabic (Egyptian)

Sastri Kannada, Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sastrowardoyo Javanese
Means "writings of the heart" from Sanskrit शास्त्र (shastra) meaning "scripture, writings" and हृदय (hrdaya) meaning "heart". This is the name of a Javanese family of nobility.

Sastry Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sata Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "assist" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Satch English

Satchel English

Saterfield English (American)

Sather Norwegian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Sæther.

Sathi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Thai
Alternate transcription of Sethi.

Sathirathai Thai

Satkevich Belarusian

Satlow Jewish

Sato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satō Japanese (Rare)
Means "sugar" in Japanese, possibly referring to a sugar house owner.

Satoda Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.

Satoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satoi Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".

Satomi Japanese
Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]

Satomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Satomura Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Satonaka Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Satorigi Japanese

Satou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satoya Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Satsuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsukijo Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsukime Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsukino Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsuma Japanese
From Japanese 薩摩 (Satsuma) meaning "Satsuma", a former Japanese province in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Satsumi Japanese

Satsuya Japanese (Rare)

Satsyuk Ukrainian

Sattar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Sattar.

Sattari Persian
From Persian ستار (setâr) meaning "star" (see Setareh or Sitara).

Səttarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Səttar".

Sattarov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Sattar".

Səttarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Səttarov.

Satten Latvian, Russian, Jewish
Americanized version of Sattenstein or Schattenstein

Satterfield English
Variant of Satterthwaite.

Satterley English

Satterthwaite English
From a place in England named with Old English sætr "shielding" and Old Norse þveit "pasture".

Sattler German
An occupational name meaning "saddle maker".

Sattorov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Sattor".

Saturin Russian

Saturn Russian

Saturnino Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Saturnino.

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Satybaldiev Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Satybaldy".

Satybaldieva f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Satybaldiev.

Sau Estonian
Saue is an Estonian surname meaning "wand" or "staff".

Sauble English

Saucedo Spanish
Variant of Salcedo

Šaŭčenka Belarusian
Alternative transcription of Belarusian Шаўчэнка (see Shauchenka).

Saudji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Sauji).

Sauerbier German
From German sauer meaning "sour" and bier meaning "beer". It originally referred to a brewer of sour beer.

Sauerwein German
Occupational nickname for someone who sold sour wine, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a sour disposition, from Middle High German sur "sour" + win "wine", i.e. vinegar.

Sauji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" and 氏 (shi) meaning "family, clan". This may also be a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Saudji)... [more]

Saukko Finnish
Means "otter" in Finnish.

Saul Estonian
Saul is an Estonian surname derived from the biblical masculine given name "Saul".

Šaulis Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys meaning "rifleman".

Saulnier French
In Middle French (the form of French spoken from 1340 to 1610), it literally means "salt merchant".

Saulog Filipino

Sauls English
From the given name Saul.

Saunches English Creole, Jamaican Patois
English form of Sanches.

Saunder English
From the given name Alexander.

Saunderson English, Scottish
Variant of Sanderson.

Saunier French

Saunière French

Saupõld Estonian
Saupõld is an Estonian surname meaning "stick field".

Saur German
Variant of Sauer.

Sautereau French

Sautome Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 早乙女 or 五月女 (see Saotome).

Sautreau French

Sautter German (Swiss)
Variant of Sauter.

Sauve' French
Sauve' from France to Canada. Changed probably due to an "a" and an "o" confusion in cursive. My granfather's was typo-ed on WW II old men's sign up in MA. or RI, USA.

Sav Indian

Savanović Serbian

Savant French
Nickname from savant ‘learned’, a nickname for a university graduate or a particularly knowledgeable person.

Savard French
Either from Old French savart meaning "wasteland" or the Germanic elements sab of uncertain meaning and hard meaning "brave, hardy".

Savary English
Variant of Savery

Savas Greek
From the personal name Sav(v)as, New Testament Greek Sabbas, a derivative of Sabbaton "Sabbath", "Saturday".

Savaş Turkish
From the given name Savaş.

Savasti Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Savatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Savath Lao
Means "sincere, open, beautiful" in Lao.

Savaya African

Savela Finnish
Derived from Finnish savi "clay". Savela is also a place in Helsinki and Jyväskylä.

Savell English
English variant of Saville.

Savelli Italian
It could derive from the Sabelli (ancient Italic tribe), pre-Roman population, or from toponyms such as Savelli di Norcia (PG) and indicate the origin of the founder.

Savelyev m Russian
Means "son of Saveliy".

Saverchenko Ukrainian

Savery English
Originally from the given name of Germanic origin, Savaric

Savetsila Thai

Savi Estonian
Savi is an Estonian surname meaning "clay".

Saviauk Estonian
Saviauk is an Estonian surname meaning "clay pit" or "earthen pit".

Savickas Lithuanian

Savignac French
Habitational name for someone from various communes by this name in France.

Savile English
Variant of Saville.

Saville English
A habitational name from an uncertain place in Northern France. This is most likely Sainville, named from Old French saisne, 'Saxon' and ville, indicating a settlement.

Savillón Spanish (?)

Savin m Russian
Derives from Saveliy or Savva.

Savinainen Finnish
Literally translates as Woman Made Out Of Clay. Real meaning and origin remain unknown

Savini Italian

Savino Italian
From the given name Savino.

Saviñón Spanish
Probably of French origin, an altered form of Savignon which is from a pet form of the personal name Savin or a habitational name from place called Savignon in Ardèche.

Savinon Spanish

Savinov Russian

Savinova Russian
Feminine form of Savinov.

Savintsev m Russian

Savinykh Russian

Savio Italian
Italian nickname given to a wise, sage man. Saint Dominic Savio is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Savisaar Estonian
Savisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "loam" or "clay island".

Savitskiy m Polish (Russified), Russian, Jewish
A form of Sawicki.

Savitsky Polish (Americanized, Archaic, ?)
Poland

Savka Ukrainian

Savko Ukrainian
From a pet form of the personal name Sava (see Savas).

Savoia Italian (Archaic)
A Italian royal court name.

Savoie French

Savoir French

Savonne French

Savorgnan Italian (Rare)
From a small town near Udine named Savorgnano del Torre, of Friulian origin. This was the name of a Friulian aristocratic family, ascribed to the Venetian participate. The famous bearer of this surname was an Italian-French explorer Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905)

Savory English
Variant of Savery

Savoury English
Variant of Savory

Savra Indian

Savranenko Ukrainian

Savva Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Savvas.

Savvides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Σαββίδης (see Savvidis) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Savvidis Greek
Means "son of Savvas".

Sawa Japanese
From Japanese 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, wetlands, swamp" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section" or 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sawade German
German form of Zawada.

Sawadjaan Tausug

Sawadogo Mossi
Not available.

Sawaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".

Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland,swamp, marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Sawajiri Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and jiri comes from shiri, meaning "rear".

Sawaki Japanese

Sawamura Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sawano Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Sawant Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta) meaning "universal, complete, entire".

Sawaoka Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and oka means "hill, mound".

Sawara Japanese (Rare)
Sawara (椹) is a type of cypress native to Japan

Sawara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐原 (see Sahara).

Sawaragi Japanese
From 椹 (sawara) meaning "sawara cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Saward English

Sawasaki Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp, wetland" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sawashiro Japanese
From Japanese 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Sawata Japanese

Sawatari Japanese

Sawatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Sawatdi Thai
From Thai สวัสดี (sawatdi) meaning "welfare, prosperity, security, goodness, virtue, moral excellence".

Sawatsky German, Polish (Germanized)
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhart, Erna, Hans.... [more]

Sawatzki m Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Zawadski or Zawadzki. This surname is masculine in Poland, but unisex in Germany.

Sawayama Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, wetland, swamp" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Sawazaki Japanese
Variant of Sawasaki.

Sawchyn Ukrainian

Sawdey English (American)
Variant of Sawdy.

Sawdy English

Sawener German

Sawhney Indian, Punjabi
Variant of Sahni.

Sawicka f Polish
Feminine form of Sawicki.

Sawicki Polish
This indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages in Gmina Repki: Sawice-Dwór, Sawice-Wieś, or Sawice-Bronisze.

Sawiris Coptic, Ancient Roman (Arabized)
Derived From the Arabic form of the Latin surname Severus.

Sawka Polish

Sawtell English (British)
A dialectal variant of Sewell, which was first recorded in early 13th-century England. The later addition of the 't' was for easier pronunciation.... [more]

Sawtelle English
Variant of Sawtell.

Sawyers Jamaican Patois

Sax Upper German, Dutch, Flemish
South German variant of Sachs and Dutch variant of Sas.

Sax English, Norwegian
From the Old Norse personal name Saxi meaning "knife, sword".

Sax Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant spelling of Sachs.

Sax English
From Middle English sax meaning "knife", an occupational name for a knife maker, or perhaps a nickname for someone skilled with a knife.

Saxby English (British)
Saxby is the surname of the character Stella Saxby from the book Awful Auntie, by David Walliams. Saxby means "Grand" .

Saxen Finnish (Rare)

Saxena Indian, Hindi
Traditionally believed to be derived from Sanskrit सखिसेना (sakhisena) meaning "friend of the army", from सखा (sakha) meaning "friend, companion" and सेना (sena) meaning "army"... [more]

Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.

Saxon English
Derived from the tribe of the Saxons from the Anglo-Saxon element seaxa "a Saxon" derived Germanic elements sahso and sahsaz derived from sahsą "knife"... [more]

Saxonov Russian (?)
Variant transcription of Saksonov.

Saxton English
Habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, possibly also one in Cambridgeshire, both so named from Old English Seaxe "Saxons" and tūn "enclosure, settlement".

Say Lao

Sayachack Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊ​ຍະ​ຈັກ (see Xayachack).

Sayag Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sayegh.

Sayago Leonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Sayagu.

Sayagu Leonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous comarca.

Sayal Punjabi

Sayalath Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (say) meaning "victory" and ລາດ (lath) meaning "pave, pour".

Sayarath Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊຍະລາດ (see Sayalath).

Sayaseng Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊ​ຍະ​ແສງ (see Xayaseng).

Sayato Japanese

Sayatov m Kazakh
Means "son of Sayat".

Sayatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sayatov.

Sayavong Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (say) meaning "victory" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Sayed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sayyid.

Sayegh Arabic
Means "goldsmith" in Arabic.

Sayelau Thai
Alternate transcription of Saelau.

Sayenko Ukrainian

Sayer English
Derived from an Anglo-Norman variant of the Germanic given name Sigiheri, composed of sigu "victory" and heri "army".

Sayer English
Occupational name for a professional reciter or minstrel, derived from Middle English seier "speaker".

Sayers English
Form of Sayer.

Sayes Central American

Sayetan Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetan.

Sayetang Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetang.

Sayetyao Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetiao.

Sayeyang Thai
Alternate transcription of Saeyang.

Sayfullin Bashkir, Tatar
Means "son of Sayfullah".

Sayfullina f Bashkir, Tatar
Feminine form of Sayfullin.

Saygı Turkish
Means "respect, esteem" in Turkish.

Saygılı Turkish
Means "respectful, reverential" in Turkish.

Sayın Turkish
Means "dear, esteemed" in Turkish.

Saykhman Punjabi
This name is a boy's name. used as surname name. mostly used as boys name of Sikh or Hindu religion. originated from Punjabi. (sikh) means "learner" and (maan) means "mind". "Learner's Mind"

Saykhman m Indian (Sikh)
a disciple of the mind. from the two words (sikh/man)

Saylauov m Kazakh
Means "son of Sailau".

Saylauova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Saylauov.

Saylee Thai
Alternate transcription of Saeli.

Sayles Scottish

Sayon African

Sayre English
Variant of Sayer.

Saysana Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊຊະນະ (see Xaysana).

Sayson Filipino
From Hokkien 世孫 (sì sun) meaning "direct lineal descendant" or 西孫 (sai sun) meaning "western grandchild".

Saysongkham Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊສົງຄາມ (see Xaysongkham).

Sayto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Saitō more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Saytou Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Saitou more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Sayward English
Variant of Seward 1 or Seward.

Sayyed Indian (Muslim)
Indian form of Sayyid.

Sayyid Swahili, Muslim
From the Arabic honourific title سَيِّد (sayyid) which means "master, lord, prince, mister".

Sayyid Arabic
From an honorific title meaning "master, lord" in Arabic, used as a surname by descendants of the prophet Muhammad.

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Saza Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "to assist, to help" and 座 (za) meaning "seat."

Sazak Turkish
Sazak means soft, warm breeze.