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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and French : variant of Saint.
  • Italian (northeastern) : variant of Santo.
  • Dutch (also de Sant) : nickname from Middle Dutch sant ‘saint’.
  • Dutch : variant of van Sant.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Sand.
  • Indian (Maharashtra) : Hindu (Brahman) name meaning ‘saint’, ‘holy man’.

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