| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old French and Middle English |
| Meaning | Soldier (servant of the law), or Protector[1] |
| Region of origin | Britain |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sargeant, Sergius, Sergeant |
Sargent is a surname of Latin (possibly Etruscan), early medieval English and Old French origin, and has also been used as a given name.[2]
Background
The surname of Sargent in the various ways in which it is spelled is said to have come from the Latin phrase, "servientes armorum" (men discharging a military service) and therefore, soldiers [Sergeant] ("Serjens d'Armes"); and "Serjiant of the Law" [Serjeant-at-law] ("Serviens ad Legem") was also a term in very early use. The English translation of Serviens into Sargent did not appear until the reign of Henry III or Edward I.[3][4][5] Today, the surname has many variant spellings ranging from Sargant, Sargeant and Seargeant to Sergant, Searjeant and Sergeaunt.[6]
Surname
Notable people with the name include:
In arts and entertainment
- Alvin Sargent (1927–2019), American screenwriter
- Carl Sargent (1952–2018), British author of role-playing games
- Dick Sargent (1930–1994), American actor known for his role in Bewitched
- Edward Sargent (architect) (1842–1914), American Architect
- Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke) (1811–1850), American poet
- Henry Sargent (1770–1845), American painter and soldier
- Herb Sargent (1923–2005), American television writer and producer
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), portrait artist
- Joseph Sargent (1925–2014), American film director
- Judith Sargent Murray (1751–1820), American women's rights advocate and writer
- Kenny Sargent, American musician and disc jockey
- Kevin Sargent (composer), film and television composer
- Lia Sargent, American voice actress
- Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), British conductor, organist and composer
- Margaret Holland Sargent (born 1927), American portrait artist
- Martin Sargent (born 1975), American television personality
- Pamela Sargent (born 1948), American science fiction writer
- Richard Sargent (1911–1978), American illustrator
- Robert F. Sargent (fl. 1944), American war photographer
- Roger Sargent (photographer) (born 1970), a British photographer
- G.F. Sargent, British painter
Politicians
- Aaron A. Sargent (1827–1887) American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Eddie Sargent (1915–1998), Canadian politician
- Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), American politician
- John Sargent (1714–1791), British Member of Parliament for West Looe and Midhurst
- John Sargent (1750–1831), British Member of Parliament for Seaford, Bodmin and Queenborough
- John Sargent (merchant) (1792–1874), Canadian merchant, farmer and politician
- John Sargent (1799–1880), American politician
- Narciso Joseph Alegre y Sargent (1911–1980), Filipino civil liberties advocate
- Trevor Sargent (born 1960), Irish politician
- Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820), American politician
Scientists and engineers
- Anneila Sargent (born 1942), Scottish–American astronomer
- Bernice Weldon Sargent (1906–1993), Canadian physicist
- Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), American botanist
- Oswald Hewlett Sargent (1880–1952), Australian botanist and plant collector
- Roger Sargent (1926–2018), chemical engineer
- Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943), American economist
- Wallace L. W. Sargent (1935–2012), British-American astronomer
- Winifred Sargent (1905–1979), English mathematician
- Edward H. Sargent, Canadian scientist
Soldiers
- John Sargent (Loyalist) (1750–1824), Loyalist officer during the American Revolutionary War
- John Neptune Sargent (1826–1893), commander of British troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
- Paul Dudley Sargent (baptized 1745–died 1828), privateer and soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- Ruppert L. Sargent (1938–1967), American soldier
In sports
- April Sargent, American figure skater
- Bill Sargent (1907–1963), American football coach
- Danyelle Sargent (born c. 1978), American sports television reporter
- Frank Sargent (sports executive) (1902–1988), a Canadian executive in ice hockey and curling
- Gary Sargent (born 1954), Native American Hockey Player
- George Sargent (golfer) (1882–1962), English golfer
- James Sargent (born 1973), American hockey player
- Kevin Sargent (American football) (born 1969), American football player
- Josh Sargent (born 2000), American soccer player
- Mark Sargent (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer
- Mekhi Sargent (born 1997), American football player
- Mitchell Sargent (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer
- Murray Sargent (1928–2012), Australian cricketer
Other
- Alonzo Sargent (1866–1942), American locomotive engineer
- Amanda (Aimee) Sargent (1885–1945), spouse of Philippines Senator Juan B. Alegre
- Ben Sargent (born 1948), American editorial cartoonist
- C. B. R. Sargent (1906–1943), British educator and clergyman
- Charlie Sargent, British criminal
- Cornelia Sargent, lawyer, chair of the Albert Einstein Institution
- Daniel Wycliffe Sargent (1850–1902), British explorer
- David Sargent (born 1929), American lawyer and academic
- Dwight E. Sargent (1917–2002), American journalist
- Frank P. Sargent (1854–1908), American trade union functionary
- George Sargent (businessman) (1859–1921), Australian businessman
- Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810–1882), American landscape gardener
- Irene Sargent (1852–1932), American art historian
- John G. Sargent (1860–1939), American lawyer and U.S. Attorney General
- John Turner Sargent (born c. 1956), American publisher
- Kevin Sargent, several people
- Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786–1867), American author, antiquarian and temperance advocate
- Lydia Sargent (1942–2020), American feminist
- Mark K. Sargent, American proponent of the flat Earth conspiracy theory
- Sir Orme Sargent (1884–1962), British diplomat and civil servant
- Shirley Sargent (1927–2004), American local historian
Fictional characters
- John Sargent, alter ego of the DC Comics character Sargon the Sorcerer c. 1941
His grandson David Sargent inherited this alter ego. - Joe Sargent, a bus driver in the horror novella The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft.
Given name
- Sargent Kahanamoku (1910–1993), Native Hawaiian aquatic athlete
- Robert Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), American politician and activist
See also
References
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008). Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Brill. p. 559. ISBN 978-90-04-16797-1.
- ↑ Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- ↑ Sargent, Aaron (February 27, 2019). Sargent Genealogy (reprint). Wentworth Press. ISBN 0-526091-73-8.
- ↑ Sargent, Aaron, Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and His Descendants in England, July 1895. Print. (ISBN 0-526091-73-8)
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Sargent Genealogy: Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and His Descendants in England".
- ↑ Sargent surname by Ancestry.com
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