Saint Family History
Saint Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a particularly pious individual from Old French and Middle English saint(e) seint(e) ‘holy’ (from Latin sanctus ‘blameless holy’). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname. English: perhaps a nickname for someone who wore made or sold girdles from Middle English ceint seint saint ‘girdle’ (Old French ceint Latin cinctum). Compare Center .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022