Sargent (name)


Sargent is a surname, and it has also been used as a given name. It is of early medieval English and Old French origin, first used in the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain, and is a name for a servant.

Background

The name derives from the Middle English, Old French "sergent", servant, from the Latin "serviens", present participle of "servire", to serve. The name or word also formed several specific meanings. For example, a technical term for a tenant by military service below the rank of a knight, and as the name for any of administrative and legal officials in different districts. Today, the surname has many variant spellings ranging from Sargant, Sargeant and Seargeant to Sergant, Searjeant and Sergeaunt.

Surname

Notable people with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

His grandson David Sargent inherited this alter ego.

Given name