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’.