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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan (Sàbat) : 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’).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Sabbat ‘Sabbath’.
  • French : nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at ‘noise’, ‘racket’.

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