Frequency: (328)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Muslim: variant of Sabir.
2. English: variant of Seaberg.
3. Southern French: nickname for a wise or knowledgeable man, from Occitan saber ‘to know’, which could also have the sense of ‘knowledge’.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 8%. Mohammed (2), Ahmad, Ahmed, Ali, Jawad, Mahmoud, Mohammad, Nasser, Saber, Sadruddin, Said, Saleem.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
