San Family History

Burmese: from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name from san ‘moon’ also ‘good luck’ or from a homonym meaning ‘spring (of water)’. See also 2 below. Burmese: from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name from hsan ‘to be extraordinary’. — Note: Since Burmese do not have hereditary surnames these names (see also 1 above) were registered as such only after immigration of their bearers to the US.

Cambodian: written សាន្ត from a Khmer word meaning ‘(to be) calm comfortable’ of Sanskrit origin. Cambodian: written សាន or សាន់ unexplained.

Chinese: Cantonese form of the surnames 申 and 慎 see Shen 2 and Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 辛 see Xin 7: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 山 see Shan 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 冼 and 洗 see Xian 9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 盛 see Sheng.

Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from san ‘fame reputation’ or from a regional homonym meaning ‘wish’.