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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a short form (Sabbe) of a Germanic personal name with sacha ‘legal case or action’ as the first element.
  • English : topographic name from Middle English sap ‘spruce tree’ (Old English sæppe).

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