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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : variant of Sanger 2. The Old English ending -ster was originally a feminine agent suffix, contrasted with the masculine -er, but by the period of surname formation, the gender distinction had disappeared; the distinction is largely regional. Compare Baker/Baxter; Webber/Webster, etc.

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