Sagan

Family name origins & meanings

• Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish sagan ‘kettle’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of pots and pans, or a nickname from the same word in a less clear application.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Sagan, a place in Lower Silesia.
• French (southeastern) : nickname for a loud or noisy man, from a dialect word meaning ‘noisy’.