English Explanatory Dictionary

Sainsbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Sainsbury Sainsburys

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

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