Satin Family History
Satin Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): either metonymic occupational or artificial name from Polish satyna East Slavic satin ‘satin’ (see 3 below). American shortened form of Jewish (from Lithuania) Satinsky: variant of Shatinsky a habitational name for someone from the village of Shaty (Šėta in Lithuanian). French: metonymic occupational name for a satin merchant or specialist satin weaver from Middle French satin ‘satin’ a word of Arabic and (ultimately) Chinese origin a derivative of the Chinese placename Tsinkiang whence satin silk was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the Middle Ages.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022