St.%20clair Family History
St.%20clair Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Sinclair . This is also a French Canadian and American French altered form of the same surname. French (Saint-Clair): habitational name from any of several places e.g. in Normandy named Saint-Clair (from the dedication of their churches to Saint Clarus). Compare Saintclair . Haitian (also Saint-Clair): ornamental name or nickname perhaps ironic composed of French saint ‘saint’ or ‘holy’ and clair ‘clear’ or ‘lightness’. Alternatively perhaps of the same French origin as 2 above. Compare Saintclair .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022