Sas Family History
Sas Name Meaning
Dutch Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): ethnic and habitational name from Middle Dutch Sasse Polish Sas ‘Saxon’. Flemish and Dutch (also Van Sas): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Sas in North Brabant and Zeeland from Middle Dutch sas sasse ‘lock sluice’. Catalan: topographic name from a pre-Roman term meaning ‘mound hillock’ or a habitational name from any of the places called Sas in Catalonia. Hungarian: nickname from sas ‘eagle’. Americanized form of Hungarian Szász an ethnic name for a Saxon.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022