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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : nickname from savant ‘learned’, a nickname for a university graduate or a particularly knowledgeable person.
  • Indian (Maharashtra) : Hindu (Maratha) name based on the name of a Maratha clan. It is derived from Sanskrit sāmanta ‘feudatory prince’.

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