Sant

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled San in PE Peru, MX Mexico, SV El Salvador and 14 more, Santu in IN India, FI Finland, BD Bangladesh and 1 more, Sal in US United States and สัณห์ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sant is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname176K records spelled Sant11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Sant', Sant’, Şant, Sanť, ́sant

• a separate name108K records spelled Sant5 spellings in the group

  Also written Sant', Šant, Sant’, Şant

• English surname34K records spelled Sant13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, Spain, United States, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Saent, Sant', Şant, San'T, Šäñt

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Sant is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, redução dialetal setentrional de Santo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Santi

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In pi, alternative citation form of santa (“being”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, saint (a person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, indefinite neuter singular of sann

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 99 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• James Santb. 1820GBBritish painter (1820-1916)
• Nicolina Charlotte Elise Santb. 1909NLDutch resistance fighter during WW-II (1909–1990)
• Pere Sant i Alentàb. 1929ESSpanish cyclist
• Albert Sant i Alentàb. 1933ESSpanish cyclist
• Alfred Santb. 1948MTMaltese writer, editor, politician
• Xavier Rius Santb. 1959ESSpanish journalist
• Toni Santb. 1968MTAcademic and broadcaster
• Rodrigo Sant'Annab. 1981BRBrazilian actor and humorist
• Donald SantUSeconomist
• Josep Maria Mosoll SantESSpanish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 271 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sant?

We estimate roughly 8.6 thousand people bear Sant (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Sant have the most bearers?

Sant is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled san.

What does the name Sant mean?

Recorded meaning: from sant ‘saint’, used as a personal name/epithet; earliest citation 1406 Johannes Sant.