Submitted Surnames from Locations

Sado Japanese

Sadov m Russian
From Russian сад (sad), meaning "garden".

Sadovskiy m Russian
Variant of Sadov.

Sadovyy m Ukrainian
Means "garden (adjective)" in Ukrainian.

Saechao Thai
Form of Zhao used by Chinese Thais.

Saechua Thai
Form of Cai (via the Teochew romanization) used by Thais of Chinese descent, formed with Thai แซ่ (sae) denoting Chinese family names.

Saegusa Japanese
Variant of Saekusa.

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 冴 (sae) meaning "clear, serene" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

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

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

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".

Saeyang Thai
Form of Yang used by Chinese Thais.

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

Sagadraca English

Sagami Japanese
Variant of Sakami.

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

Sagastume Basque
Topographic name from Basque sagasta "apple tree" and ume "young (plant), child".

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

Sagisu Japanese

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]

Sagraves English
Variant of Seagrave.

Sagun Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Sahagún.

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid, assist, help" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field". This is the name of areas in the city of Yokosuka and the city of Katori in Japan.

Sahara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).

Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.

Sahashi Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Sahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).

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

Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".

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

Sai Japanese (Rare)
From 蔡 (sai) meaning "tortoise used for divination, dust, thicket".

Saida Japanese

Saigusa Japanese

Saiia Italian

Saijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 西城 (see Saijō).

Saijō Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Saiki Japanese

Saimura Japanese

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.

Sainsbury English
habitational name from Saintbury (Gloucestershire) from the Old English personal name Sæwine (genitive Sæwines from Old English sæ "sea" and wine ‘friend’) plus burg "fortified place".

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

Saint-Jean French
Means Saint John in French

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

Saita Japanese

Saitama Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "precious stone peninsula".

Saitoh Japanese

Saitozaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Saitosaki.

Saiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Saiyō).

Saiyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.

Saka Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sakabara Japanese
Variant of Sakahara.

Sakabayashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sakahayashi.

Sakabe Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sakade Japanese

Sakae Japanese

Sakagai Japanese

Sakagami Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "hill, slope" and 上 (kami) meaning "high place, upper, above, 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.... [more]

Sakagaya Japanese

Sakagi Japanese
Variant of Sakaki.

Sakaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sakahara Japanese
From Japanese 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sakahayashi Japanese

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sakakibara Japanese
From 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

Sakakihara Japanese
Sakaki refers to the "sakaki tree" and hara means "field plain".

Sakakita Japanese

Sakakiwara Japanese
Variant of Sakakihara.

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakamizu Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Sakane Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakano Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakanoue Japanese

Sakashita Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakatani Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "hill, slope" and 谷 (tani) means "Valley".

Sakate Japanese

Sakato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakagashira).

Sakatoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakaue Japanese

Sakawa Japanese

Sakawara Japanese
Variant of Sakahara.

Sakaya Japanese

Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Sakhalinsky Russian
Refers to an island in Eastern Russia named "Sakhalin."

Sakhno Ukrainian
From any Ukrainian village called Sakhno (Сахно), the name itself of unknown origin.

Saki Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Sakimoto Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Sakino Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Sakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Sako Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Sakoda Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 迫 (sako) meaning "a small valley on the mountain side" and 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Sakoh Japanese

Sakota Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakou Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 (kō) meaning "facing".

Saks Estonian
Saks is an Estonian surname derived from "Saksa" ("German") and "Saksamaa" ("Germany"). Ultimately derived from "Saxon" and "Saxony".

Sakuda Japanese

Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Sakunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Sakuraba Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 庭 (ba) meaning "garden".

Sakuragi Japanese, Popular Culture
From 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... [more]

Sakurajima Japanese
From 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... [more]

Sakuramachi Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and machi means "town".

Sakurami Japanese
rom Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see, appearance, look, view" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, seed, reality, truth, real".

Sakuramoto Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Sakurano Japanese
From 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 野 (no) meaning "wilderness, field".

Sakurasaka Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saka means "cape, peninsula".

Sakurasaki Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saki means "peninsula".

Sakurashima Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and shima means "island".

Sakurata Japanese
Variant of Sakurada.

Sakurayashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [more]

Sakurazaka Japanese (Rare)
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaka is a form of saka that means means "peninsula, cape". ... [more]

Sakurazaki Japanese
Variant of Sakurasaki. Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaki is a form of saki means "peninsula".

Sakuta Japanese

Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".

Saldaña Spanish
Habitual 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.

Saldanha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Saldaña.

Saldívar Spanish
Castilianized 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, French
English: 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. ... [more]

Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.

Salerno Italian
Southern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.

Salfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Salgari Italian, Venetian
Meaning unknown.

Salgueiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Salguero.

Salguero Spanish
Means "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).

Salierno Italian
Possibly denotes someone from the city Salerno.

Salinš Latvian
Topographic name for someone living on an island, from a derivative of Latvian sala meaning ‘island’.

Salisberry English
Variant of Salisbury.

Salisbury English
Habitational 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... [more]

Salk English (American)
Likely the English form of Schalk, which means "dweller near a willow tree".

Salles English

Sallis English
A name for someone who lives where sallows grow - sallows being a type of willow, from the Middle English 'salwe'.

Sallow English (Rare)
Sallow comes from the medieval word for willow tree. It is a location surname.

Sallwasser German
It is derived from the German words (Salz) meaning "salt", & (Salweide) meaning "water".

Salm Dutch
Denoted a person from any of various places called Salm. It could also derive from Dutch zalm meaning "salmon", referring to someone who lived near a sign depicting them, or to someone who fished for salmon.

Salmerón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.

Salming Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Salmi, the name of a small village in Northern Sweden (see also Salmi).

Salsbury English
Variant of Salisbury.

Salthouse English
Salthouse and other variants come from the place name in Northumberland.

Salu Estonian
Salu is an Estonian surname meaning "grove".

Salumäe Estonian
Salumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grove ridge".

Salumets Estonian
Salumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grove/coppice forest", derived from the compounds "salu" (grove/coppice) and "mets" (forest).

Salussolia Italian, Piedmontese
Originally denoted a person from Salussola, a comune (municipality) in the province of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.

Saluveer Estonian
Saluveer is an Estonian surname meaning "grove embankment (berm)".

Salzano Italian

Sầm Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cen, from Sino-Vietnamese 岑 (sầm).

Sam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cen.

Samaniego Basque, Spanish
Habitational name from a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology.

Samarsky Russian
Refers to a region named "Samara" in Russia.

Samberg Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places named Samberg in Germany and Austria.

Sambourne English
From the name of a hamlet in Warwickshire, England.

Same Japanese
Variant reading of 五月女 (Saotome).

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.... [more]

Sameshima Japanese

Sammartino Italian
From Italian san (apocopic form of santo ("saint") + Martino ("Martin").

Samoa Samoan

Samonte Filipino, Tagalog
Most likely a topographic name derived from the Tagalog prefix sa- and Spanish monte meaning "mountain".

Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.

Samper Catalan
Habitational 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).

Sampsted Icelandic

Samrajyam Indian
It means "a kingdom".

Samukawa Japanese
A notable bearer is Tatsukiyo Samukawa (1697-1739), the daimyo of the Zeze Domain.

Samune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" and 宗 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist", referring to a land with many fruits or with rich fertility.... [more]

Samura Japanese
Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".

Samusawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風沢 or 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).

Sanabra Catalan
Catalan cognate of Seabra.

Sanabria Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

San Antonio Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Anthony" in Spanish.

Sanata Japanese

Sanbe Japanese
From Japanese 三 (san) meaning "three" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sanborn English (American)
Variant of Sambourne.

Sand English, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Jewish
From the vocabulary word sand. As a Swedish and Jewish name, often ornamental. Otherwise topographic.

Sanda Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Sandahl Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Swedish and Norwegian sand "sand" and dal "valley".

Sande Norwegian
Habitational 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".

Sande German
Variant of Sand.

Sandhu Indian, Punjabi
From Sindhu, the Sanskrit name for the Indus River.

Sandhurst English (Rare)
From Sandhurst, the name of places in the English counties of Kent, Gloucestershire and Berkshire, all of which come from the Old English elements sand "sand" and hyrst "hillock, copse".

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).

Sandowski Polish
Habitational name from places called Sedowice, Sedowo, Sedów, in Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Piotrków, and Sieradz voivodeships.

Sandrino Spanish (Rare)

Sandrow English

Sandusky Polish
Germanized spelling of Sandowski or Sedowski.

Sandvik Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian sand "sand" and vik "bay, inlet".

Sandwell English
From a place called SANDWELL.

Sanematsu Japanese

Sanemune Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 実宗 or 實宗 (see Samune).

Saneto Japanese
From 實 (sane, jitsu, mino.ru, mi.chiru, mi, mame, makoto) meaning "fruit, seed, ripen, fulfill, truth, sincerity" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Sanfelippo Italian
Italian (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.

Sanfilippo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from any of several places called with reference to a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Philip specifically San Filippo del Mela in Messina province, San Filippo near Reggio Calabria.

Sang Chinese
From 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.

Sangawa Japanese
Variant of Sankawa.

San Giorgio Italian
“Saint George.”

San Giovanni Italian
Means Saint John in Italian

Sangüesa Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zangoza.

Sanguinetti Italian, Judeo-Italian
From Sanguinetto, the name of two places in Genova and Verona provinces.

Sanjoba Japanese

Sanjoh Japanese

San Jorge Spanish
“St George”

San Jose Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San José primarily used in the Philippines.

San José Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called San José, so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph (San José).

San Juan Spanish
Means "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 Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of Numerous Places In Galicia (Spain) Named Sanjurjo For A Local Church Or Shrine Dedicated To Saint George

Sankey English, Irish
Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, which derived from the name of an ancient British river, perhaps meaning "sacred, holy." ... [more]

Sankt Johann German
Means Saint John in German.

San Luis Spanish
In honor of Saint Louis.

San Martín Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places named San Martín, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (San Martín).

San Martín Spanish
(San Martín; also Sanmartín): habitational name from any of numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (Spanish San Martín).

San Miguel Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to St. Michael (San Miguel).

Sanmiya Japanese
三 (san) meaning "three" and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, temple, shrine".

Sannomiya Japanese
From 三 (san) meaning "three", ノ (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

San Pedro Spanish
Means Saint Peter in Spanish

San Pietro Italian
Means Saint Peter in Italian.

San Román Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.

San Severino Italian, Neapolitan
From the name of places inside Italy, all named after Saint Severinus of Noricum. This name is mainly found in Naples.

Santa Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Santa Ana Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santana primarily used in the Philippines.

Santacruz Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called with Santa Cruz 'the Holy Cross' from the dedication of a local church or shrine from santa 'holy' + cruz 'cross'.

Santaella Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality at the coordinates 37°34′03″N 4°50′48″W.

Santagata Biblical Italian (Italianized, Modern, ?)
names of several towns in Italy derived from saint agatha (sant agata )

Santala Finnish
From Finnish santa meaning "(slightly wet) sand" and the place suffix -la.

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

Santamaría Spanish
Means "Saint Mary" in Spanish, used as a name for someone from any of various locations named after the Virgin Mary.

Santamaria Italian, French, Spanish
Italian and French cognate of Santamaría as well as a Spanish variant.

Santangelo Italian, Sicilian
Either habitational name from any of numerous places especially in the south named with reference to a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Angel (Italian Sant'Angelo) as for example Sant'Angelo a Cupolo (Benevento) Sant'Angelo a Fasanella (Salerno) Sant'Angelo all’Esca and Sant'Angelo a Scala (Avellino) Sant'Angelo d'Alife (Caserta) and Sant'Angelo del Pesco (Molise)... [more]

Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.

Santaolalla Spanish
From a Spanish place named for Saint Eulalia (See Olalla).

Santayana Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish variant of Santana. This name was borne by the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952).

Santelices Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality of the municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.

Santerre French
Habitational name from a place to the southeast of the Somme river, named with Latin sana terra "healthy, wholesome land".

Santiesteban Spanish
Variant of Santisteban

Santillán Spanish

Santisteban Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Santisteban or Santesteban (from the Latin genitive form Sancti Stephani) for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Stephen.

Santistevan Spanish
Variant of Santistevan

Santostefano Spanish
Habitational name of numerous churches dedicated to Saint Stephen

Sanyal Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Senlal (or Sen Lal) in present-day Bangladesh.

São Jorge Portuguese
“St George.”

São Pedro Portuguese
Means Saint Peter in Portuguese.

Saotome Japanese
From Japanese 早乙女 (saotome) meaning "Saotome", a former village in the former district of Shioya in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan. The name of the location itself is derived from Japanese 早乙女 (saotome) meaning "a woman who plants rice in the fields"... [more]

Sapiro Jewish
Varient of Shapiro.

Sappingfield American (Anglicized, Rare)
From the German name "Sappenfeld," a small town in Bavaria, Germany. (Pop. 380.) The town itself is named after an early resident named "Sappo;" in English, the name means "Sappo's Field." The name "Sappo" may mean noble (unconfirmed)... [more]

Saraceno Italian
A nickname from saraceno "Saracen" (from Late Latin Saracenus) denoting someone of swarthy appearance an unruly person or someone who had taken part in a Crusade... [more]

Sarachaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Saratxaga.

Saracho Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Saratxo.

Sarada Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皿 (sara), an assigned character to 更 (sara) meaning "new; unused" and 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", referring to unused farmland.

Sarado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saragi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Saralegi Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque sarale "hay, dry grass, livestock feed" combined with either tegi "stable, pen, enclosure", -(t)egi "place of", or possibly (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border".

Saramago Portuguese
It's the name of a plant.

Sarasibar Basque
From sarats "willow" and ibar "valley". It's the name of a village in Navarre.

Sarata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 皿田 (see Sarada).

Saratxaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.

Saratxo Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Amurrio.

Saraumi Japanese (Rare)
From 皿 (sara) meaning "dish, plate" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Sard English, French, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Denoted a person from Sardinia, Italy.

Sardo Italian
Means "Sardinian" in Italian.

Sarfati Judeo-Spanish
From Hebrew צרפתית (tsar'fatit) meaning "French". It was originally used to refer to the Biblical place name Tzarfat, which has come to be identified as modern-day France.

Sarfatti Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Sarfaty Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Sarıkaya Turkish
From Turkish sarı meaning "yellow" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".

Sarközy Hungarian
Variant of Sárközi.

Sarnow Polabian (Germanized), German
From the village of Sarnow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Surname of the mayor of Stralsund Karsten Sarnow.

Sarnowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Sarnowa, Sarnowo, or Sarnów, named with Polish sarna "roe deer".

Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.

Sarodo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarohdo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saroudo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarracino Italian
From Neapolitan sarracino, meaning "Saracen", a term used to refer to a variety of ethnic and religious groups, including a nomadic people from Sinai, Muslims, and pirates from the Mediterranean.

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.

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

Sas Dutch
Cognate of Sachs.

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".

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".

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