Given name & surname
Satin
“a glossy, smooth fabric”
Satin is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a glossy, smooth fabric.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a glossy, smooth fabric.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Satin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 373
- 0 boys · 373 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 26 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 girls is 9 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. 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.
Satin’s family of names
Satin has a related form in Satean. Satin has a related form in Sateane. Satin has a related form in Sateen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Satynvariant
- Satinevariant
- Sateanevariant
- Sateanvariant
- Sateenevariant
- Sateenvariant
- Satynnevariant
- Satynevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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