Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : Holy

Girl name variations

Sancha

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish and Portuguese : from Sancho, a popular medieval personal name, which is probably from a Latin form, Sanc(t)ius, a derivative of sanctus ‘holy’. The personal name was borne by a 9th-century martyr of Cordova.

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