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Sakada Japanese

Sakagawa Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sakagut Zapotec (Anglicized, Rare)
This name is rare and usually given to the "god child."

Sakaki Japanese

Sakalauskas Lithuanian
Ultimately derived from Sokol. Varient forms are Sakalauskienė (married woman or widow) and Sakalauskaitė (unmarried woman).

Sakellarios Greek
Feminine form is Sakellariou

Sakemi Japanese

Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.

Sakong Korean

Saku Japanese

Sakuami Japanese

Sakulcharoensuk Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai สกลเจริญสุข (see Sakuncharoensuk).

Sakuljaroensuk Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai สกลเจริญสุข (see Sakuncharoensuk).

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".

Sakunjaroensuk Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai สกลเจริญสุข (see Sakuncharoensuk).

Sakurakaba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "prunus serrulata" and 椛 (kaba) meaning "betula".

Sakuramiya Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Sakyi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Salagubang Filipino, Tagalog
Means "beetle" in Tagalog.

Salalila Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra) meaning "body". This was the name of a rajah of the historical region of Maynila (modern-day Manila).

Salamandyk Ukrainian (Rare, Expatriate)
Rare Ukrainian surname of uncertain origin, perhaps Moldovan.

Salamov Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Chechen
Derived from Arabic سَلَام (salām) meaning "peace, greeting".

Salander Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly a variant of Selander or a combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -ander.

Salangsang Filipino, Pampangan
Means "(to) stack" in Kapampangan.

Salavati Persian
From Persian صلوات (salavat) meaning "praise, blessing, greeting".

Salazer Turkish (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".

Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]

Salihamidžić Bosnian

Salinger English

Saliński Polish

Salis Romansh
Derived from Italian salice "willow".

Salizar Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Sallander Swedish
Variant of Salander.

Salle English

Salomez French

Salonga Filipino, Tagalog
From the name of a chief of Polo (presently the city of Valenzuela in Manila) who was later baptised as Pedro Salonga.

Saludo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "to greet".

Salukvadze Georgian

Saluz Romansh

Salvação Portuguese (European, Rare)
Portuguese cognate of Salvacion.

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.

Salvatierra Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [more]

Samake Western African

Samanta Indian

Samante Filipino

Samantha Sinhalese

Samarakkodi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරක්කොඩි (see Samarakkody).

Samarakkody Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" combined with Sinhala කොඩිය (kodiya) meaning "flag, banner" (of Tamil origin).

Samarasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Samarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසේකර (see Samarasekara).

Samarawickrama Sinhalese
Means "conqueror of battles" from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "valour, power, strength".

Samarawickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරවික්‍රම (see Samarawickrama).

Samardžić Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Samb Western African

Sambo Batak

Samford English

Samichand South American (Rare)

Samiri Albanian

Samit Thai

Samma Estonian
Samma is an Estonian surname derived from either "sammal" meaning "moss" or "sammas" meaning " column", "pillar" and "post".

Sammul Estonian
Sammul 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."... [more]

Samøssen Greenlandic, Old Danish

Samoylich Russian

Sampiere Italian (?)

Sample English, Scottish

Sampogna English

Samporna Filipino, Maranao
Means "main point" in Maranao, possibly from Sanskrit संपूर्ण (sampūrṇ) meaning "complete, entire, whole".

Sampulna Filipino, Maguindanao
Maguindanao form of Samporna.

Samukaze Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Samunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).

Samuraigane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 侍 (samurai) meaning "warrior" and 金 (gane), the joining form of 金 (kane) meaning "money, metal", referring to possibly a wealthy warrior or a warrior described strong as metal.

Samzun French

San Spanish

San Chinese
Variant of Shan or Shen.

San Turkish
Means "reputation, fame, glory" in Turkish.

Sanader Croatian

Sanagala Indian, Telugu

San Agustín Spanish (Mexican)
Means "Saint Augustine 1" in Spanish.

San Agustin Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San Agustín. This surname is also found in Guam.

San Andrés Spanish
Means "Saint Andrew" in Spanish.

San Andres Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San Andrés.

Sanara Indonesian

San Blas Spanish (Canarian)
Means "Saint Blaise" in Spanish.

San Buenaventura Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Bonaventure" in Spanish.

Sanchas Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)

Sanchaz Spanish (Caribbean)

Sanchis Spanish

Sandaruwan Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala සඳ (sanda) meaning "moon" and රුවන (ruvana) meaning "gem".

Sandell English
Originated from a name for someone who lived on a sand hill

Sandeman English
Scottish 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.

Sandeo Italian

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Sandioriva Acehnese, Gayonese
A Gayonese patronymic.

Sando Japanese

Sandra Central African

Sandras French

Sandratriniaina Malagasy

Sandri Romansh
Italianized form of Tschander.

Sandy English (African)

Sane Western African

Sanet ?

San Gabriel Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Gabriel" in Spanish.

Sangalang Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog sanggalang meaning "protection".

Sa-Ngapol Thai

Sangaré Western African, Manding
Unknown.

San Germán Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Means "Saint Germanus" in Spanish.

Sanghera Sanskrit
The Sanghera (संघेडा) clan are descended from Chauhan Rajputs and are found chiefly amongst the Jatt Sikh tribes of Northwestern India.

Sangkrachang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงกระจ่าง (see Saengkrachang).

Sangliana Mizo
Sangliana has an unknown meaning.

Sangma Garo
The clan name of a folklore writer from Northeast India.

Sangngam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงงาม (see Saengngam).

Sangria English

Sangthong Thai
From Thai สังข์ (sang) meaning "conch shell" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".

Sangtong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สังข์ทอง (see Sangthong).

Sanguandikul Thai

Sangwin English
From Middle English sanguine (blood) ,one of the four humours.

Sanhedrai Jewish

Sanidis Greek

Sanjo Japanese
Variant transcription of Sanjou.

Sanjou Japanese
From Japanese 三 (san) meaning "three" and 條 or 条 (jou) meaning "paragraph".

Sankara Mossi (?), Fula (?)
The surname of the assassinated Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara (1949-1987).

Sankaranarayanan Hindi

Sann German

Sanogo Mossi
Not available yet.

Sanogo Western African

Sanoguet Spanish

San Pascual Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Pascal" in Spanish.

Sanroman 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.

Sansalone Italian

Sansberry English

Sansbury English

Sansook Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสนสุข (see Saensuk).

Sansuk Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสนสุข (see Saensuk).

Sansweet English

Sant Maltese

Sánta Hungarian
From Hungarian meaning "limping".

Santa Maria Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santamaría primarily used in the Philippines.

Santiprabhob Thai
From Thai สันติ (santi) meaning "peace" and ประภพ (praphop), a transcription of Sanskrit प्रभव (prabhava) meaning "production; source; origin".

Santra Indian

Santray Caribbean

Sanusi Nigerian

Sanzio Italian
Meaning: Holy or Blessed.

Sao Khmer
Unexplained but a common surname in Cambodia.

São João Portuguese
Means "St. John" in Portuguese.

Sap Thai (Rare)
From Thai ทรัพย์ (sap) meaning "money; wealth; property; fortune".... [more]

Saperstein Jewish, German
“Sapphire” and “stone”

Sara Sami
Probably derived from Finnish saari "island", though some claim that it is taken from the given name Sara.

Šaraba Serbian

Sarabi Iranian

Saragat Italian
Meaning unknown, perhaps a variant of Sarago. The surname of a former Italian president.

Sarah English

Sarai Indian, Punjabi

Saraiva Portuguese
It literally means "hail".

Sarandon English (American, Rare)

Šaranović Bosnian, Serbian

Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.

Sarchette English

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sardone Italian
Augmentative of Sarda or Sardo "the big Sardinian". in the central and southern Adriatic region from sardone "anchovy".

Sareen Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सरीन or Punjabi Gurmukhi ਸਰੀਨ (see Sarin).

Särekanno Estonian
Särekanno is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "säre" ("violent" or "sudden") and "kanne" ("bearing" or "entry").

Sargant English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sari Estonian
Sari is an Estonian surname meaning "cluster" or "batch".

Sarihodžić Bosnian

Sarii Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sarikaya Turkish
Sarıkaya is a Turkish word meaning "yellow rock".

Sarin Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.

Sarıtaş Turkish
Directly translated from Turkish, sarı means "yellow" and taş means "stone".... [more]

Saritov Chechen (Rare)

Sarjent German

Särk Estonian
Särk is an Estonian surname meaning "shirt".

Sarley English

Sarmento Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Sarmiento.

Sarmiento Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
From Latin sarmentum meaning "vine shoot."

Saroj Indian

Sarott Romansh

Saroukhanian Armenian
Here is the combined words meaning of "Saroukhanian" surname: Sar(Armenian origin–սար– means: Mountain ) + u (Armenian origin –եւ– means :and )+ khan( խան _means: prince )+ yan (յան– a suffix for Armenian family names) and the combination of the words finally means The Mountain and Prince or The Prince օf Mountain

Sarpei Akan
Meaning unknown.

Sarr English, Scottish

Sarr Western African, Serer
Meaning uncertain.

Sarrade French

Sarradet French (Cajun)
Used commonly by people native to Louisiana, United States, is also a variant of Sarrade.

Sarré English
“apologetic”

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".

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

Šašivarević Bosnian

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."

Sass German
Variant of Sasse.

Saß German
Variant of Sass.

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

Sasse German
Variant of Sachs via the form Sachse.

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

Sassoon Jewish

Sassy Arabic (Egyptian)

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.

Satsuya Japanese (Rare)

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

Saturin Russian

Saturn Russian

Sauble English

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

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.

Saunière French

Sautereau French

Sautter German (Swiss)
Variant of Sauter.

Sav Indian

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

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

Savaya African

Savell English
English variant of Saville.

Savetsila Thai

Savickas Lithuanian

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 (?)

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

Savini Italian

Savinova Russian
Feminine form of Savinov.

Sawadogo Mossi
Not available.

Saward English

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

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

Sawchyn Ukrainian

Sawdey English (American)
Variant of Sawdy.

Sawdy English

Sawener German

Sax Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant spelling of Sachs.

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)

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

Saxonov Russian (?)
Variant transcription of Saksonov.

Say Lao

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

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

Sayles Scottish

Sayon African

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

Saza Spanish (Latin American)

Scafidi Italian

Scaggs English
Variant of Skaggs both of English origin and unknown meaning. Famous bearer is singer Boz Scaggs (1944-) of the Steve Miller Band and the band Toto.

Scaglietti Italian
The name of an Italian coachbuilder, with one of its famous customers being Ferrari when it doesn't want a design from Pininfarina.

Scaife English

Scale Jamaican Patois, Southern African

Scallan Old Irish
Variant of Scullin.

Scallon Old Irish
Variant of Scullin.

Scamp English
Variant of Camp with a prosthetic -s.

Scanes Scottish

Scappatura Italian

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