Sarrazin Family History
Sarrazin Name Meaning
French: nickname for someone of swarthy appearance or for an unruly person or for someone who had taken part in a Crusade from Old French Sarasin ‘Saracen’. This ethnic name came into French via Latin and Greek from a Semitic term perhaps from Arabic sharq ‘sunrise east’. Compare Sarasin Sarazen and Sarazin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022