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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German sūsen ‘to move noisily’.
  • English and Scottish : occupational name from Middle English sauser ‘sauce maker’ (Old French saucier, saussier).

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