Given name & surname · also Low German

Sasse

“saxon”

Sasse is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “saxon.” As a French surname, it goes back to a word meaning “saxon.”

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Where it comes from

Sasse has more than one origin: as a Dutch and North/Low German surname, it comes from Middle Low German sasse; as a French surname, it comes from Germanic.

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How it developed

From Middle Low German sasse, from Old Saxon Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō.

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Germanic

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Germanic

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Germanic

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Germanic

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Germanic

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Germanic

Aade

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Ancient Greek

Sappinen

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Germanic

Asle

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30% boys · 70% girls

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