Sante History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Etymology of Sante

What does the name Sante mean?

From the historical and enchanting region of Spain emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Sante family. Originally, the Spanish people were known only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in Spain is extremely interesting. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The name Sante is a nickname type of surname for a person who was born on All Saint's Day. In the medieval chronicles, the name was originally recorded in the Latin form Sanctorum.

Early Origins of the Sante family

The surname Sante was first found in Castile, predominant among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Sante family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sante research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1155 and 1711 are included under the topic Early Sante History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sante Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: disanto, Santos, Santo, Santero, Dossantos, Di Santo and many more.

Early Notables of the Sante family

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Sante migration to the United States +

Sante Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Sante, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 1
Ferdinand Sante, aged 27, who arrived in Missouri in 1848 1
Heinrich Sante, aged 34, who landed in New York in 1854 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Sante (post 1700) +

Sante Marsili (1950-2024), Italian water polo player, he competed in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
Sante Ranucci (1933-2023), Italian cyclist, winner of the amateur road race at the 1955 UCI Road World Championships
Sante D'Orazio (b. 1956), American photographer
Sante D'Orazio, American photographer from Brooklyn

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)