Given name & surname
Sante
“a holy man”
Sante is a variant of Santo. One Italian interpretation is “a holy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sante is a variant of Santo. One Italian interpretation is “a holy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sante is a variant of Santo. An origin associated with Santo is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sante through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 126 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,498 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,498 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 355 as a first name in 2020; 310 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sante’s family of names
In Italian usage, Sante has a feminine form in Santi. Sante has a related form in Santo. In Greek usage, Sante as a surname is a transliteration of Σάντε.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sante
- Sante GaiardoniItalian cyclist (1939–2023)
- Sante Geronimo Caseriosentenced to death in France1873–1894
- Sante CeccheriniItalian fencer (1863–1932)
- Sante MarsiliOlympic water polo player1950–2024
- Sante RanucciItalian cyclist1933–2023
- Sante BentivoglioItalian nobleman1424–1463
- Sante PerandaItalian painter (1566-1638)
- Sante SpigarelliItalian archerborn 1943
- Sante De SanctisItalian psychologist & scholar (1862–1935)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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