Sa

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Sá in BR Brazil, PT Portugal, AO Angola and 1 more, Sâ in DZ Algeria and Sà in TN Tunisia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Sa is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name118 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Australia, United States, Belgium, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Sae, Sá, Sã, S-A, Sä

• French surname26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria

  Also written Sá, Sà, Sã, Sâ, S'A

• Korean surname20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Tunisia, Philippines

  Also written 사, Sá, Sâ, S'A, Sà

• Chinese surname12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Taiwan, Tunisia, Morocco, United States

  Also written S'A, Sá, S-A, Så, Šă

• a separate name19 spellings in the group

  Also written Ṣā, Sá, Sà, Sã, S-Å

• Arabic given name172 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria

  Also written Sä, Sâ, Sà, Šä, Šã

• Indonesian given name33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Algeria, Morocco

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Sa', Sá, Sä, S'A, Şä

82 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Sa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, a, 1. tough = twA; amane n^ bankje fufu ye 8&, wotew a entew. — J2, soft, gentle; slow, slotvly; agyinamoa nam sa. — 3. weak, feeble, drooping, flagging, languid; waye si, his whole hodp has become weak; n'ani aye s^ = n'aniakisa, he languishes, pines; he longs, yearns (for home &c.)

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In dag, [one day away, time depth marker] 1. denoting an action N sa chanya. I went yesterday. performed yesterday: N sa ni chag. I will go 2. with ‘ni’, denoting an action to be performed tomorrow. tomorrow:

  as a word·Dagbani Dictionary CD

• In dag, 1. there kpe ha, kpe sa ‘yonder, over 2. yonder. there, ..’ sahinsheli sa ‘some time ago’ KO

  as a word·Dagbani Dictionary CD

• In Akan, sa, subst. dem.pron. (adv.) so, thus, (in) thai manner or way, degree, quality or quantity; (in) such a manner, such; sa'ara, just so, in the same way <S;c., equally, still so, always the same; cf. se, se. Gr. § 60,5.61. (ne sa nye; sa onipa yi.) 133,1 (ete sa, ete sa- ara). — Sa na eye, so it is right; wose sa, wgka sa, so they say or speak, so the tcord is used

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In Akan, ^.-f de apgnko sesii teasegnam, to put (lie) horses to a car- ri€Ufe. 180,6^7, - 11. sA so, to he connected, uninterrupted^ to follow in a train. K,§244. — 8^, p. 400. 1.8.+ nwnyansa asa uetirim, kt is at his wits end. P$. 107,27

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Charles VIIb. 1403FRnot in their usual namemonarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France (1403-1461)
• Charles VIIIb. 1470FRnot in their usual nameKing of France from 1483 to 1498
• Charles IXb. 1550FRnot in their usual nameKing of France (1550–1574)
• Charles Perraultb. 1628FRnot in their usual nameFrench author (1628-1703)
• Charles II of Englandb. 1630GBnot in their usual nameKing of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1630-1685)
• Carlos Roberto Darwinb. 1809GBnot in their usual nameEnglish naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
• Charles Édouard Guillaumeb. 1861CHnot in their usual nameSwiss physicist (1861-1938)
• Leopold III of Belgiumb. 1901BEnot in their usual nameking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
• Tjalling Koopmansb. 1910NLnot in their usual nameDutch American economist (1910–1985)
• Herbert Brownb. 1912USnot in their usual nameAmerican chemist (1912–2004)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sa mean, and where does it come from?

Abbreviation of sinoatrial or sinoauricular. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

In which country does Sa have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 345 thousand people named Sa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sá.

Where is Sa most common?

Sa is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 614 people carrying it.

How common is the name Sa?

In Brazil, the national register counted 344,780 people named Sa, about 1 in 614 residents.

How common is Sa compared with other names?

In Brazil, Sa is the 530th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.