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Satin

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Smooth fabric

Girl name variations

How Popular Is The Name Satin

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : metonymic occupational name for a satin merchant or specialist satin weaver, from Middle French satin ‘satin’, a word of Arabic and (ultimately) Chinese origin, a derivative of the Chinese place name Tsinkiang, whence satin silk was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the Middle Ages.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably a metonymic occupational name or ornamental name from Polish satyna, eastern Slavic satin ‘satin’.

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