English (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place in
northern France, of which the identity is not clear. It is probably
Sainville in Eure-et-Loire, so called from Old French saisne
‘Saxon’ + ville ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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