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Sacré French

Sad Arabic (Egyptian)

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

Saddi Italian

Sade Hebrew

Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic

Sadiku Albanian, Kosovar

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

Sadio African

Sadiraj Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Sadjo Central African

Sadovnikoff Russian

Sady Bengali

Saeeda Iranian

Saegenschnitter German

Saehak Thai
From the Chinese surname Hao.

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]

Saelin Thai
From the Chinese surname Lin.

Saenagi Japanese

Saengarun Thai
Means "dawn, aurora" in Thai.

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

Saengchart Northern Thai, Thai

Saengkham Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold".

Saengkrachang Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and กระจ่าง (krachang) meaning "clear, bright, brilliant".

Saengngam Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and งาม (ngam) meaning "beautiful".

Saenkham Thai
From Thai แสน (saen) meaning "very, extremely" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech".

Saenseemon Thai

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

Saensuk Thai
From Thai แสน (saen) meaning "very, extremely" and สุข (suk) meaning "happy, pleased".

Saetta Italian
Means "lightning" in Italian.

Saez French, Spanish

Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.

Safara Nigerian

Safeena Indian (Rare)

Safer Jewish
Variant of Safir.

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.

Safonov Russian

Šafran Croatian
Means "crocus, saffron".

Safran Jewish

Saga Japanese

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

Sagala Batak

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

Sagat Marathi

Sagdiyev Uzbek
Famous barrier: Borat Sagdiyev

Sagrika Gujarati
Sagarika patel

Sagwa Eastern African

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

Saham Indian

Saharu Japanese

Sahatçhiu Albanian

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

Sahie African

Šahinović Bosnian

Sahler Jewish, German

Saho Japanese

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

Sahryu Japanese

Sai Japanese (Rare)
Japanese for Cai.

Sai Hui
From the Arabic name Sa'id.

Saignier French

Saigo Japanese

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

Saijo Japanese

Saika Japanese
From 雑 (sai) meaning "miscellaneous" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulations, joy".

Sailo Mizo
Sailo means ‘Silo’ in Mizo.

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

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

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

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

Saint-Jevin French

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

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

Saint-Paul Belgian, French

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.

Saio Japanese

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.

Saique Filipino

Saisho Japanese

Saishou Japanese

Saithong Thai
From Thai สาย (sai) meaning "line, wire, string" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".

Sajakul Thai

Saje African

Sajin French
1 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.... [more]

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).

Sakata Japanese

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

Sakellarios Greek
Feminine form is Sakellariou

Sakemi Japanese

Sakhno Ukrainian
Sakhno 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... [more]

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

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).

Sakurai Japanese
From 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.

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

Sakurami Japanese
Sakura means "Cherry Blossom (tree)" and Mi means "View, See, Mindset."

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.

Salopek Croatian

Salouros Greek

Salsa Arabic

Salt English
Of Anglo-Saxon origin, from the town in Staffordshire.

Saltykov Russian

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.

Sandler English
Norman origin. Habitational name from Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët in La Manche, which gets its name from the dedication of its church to St. Hilary, or alternatively from either of the places, in La Manche and Somme, called Saint-Lô... [more]

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”

Sapiano Maltese

Sapien French

Sapienza Italian
It means "knowledge" in Italian.

Sapiyev Kazakh