Given name & surname
Santee
“a holy man”
Santee is a variant of Santo. One Italian interpretation is “a holy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Santee is a variant of Santo. One Italian interpretation is “a holy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Santee 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 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Santee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 74 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020; 2,002 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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