Where Does the Saladin Surname Come From?

Saladin is one more way Saladino has been written over the centuries. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Saladin”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• You may also find the name written Saladini.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Saladin with 1,107 bearers, at rank 23,084. From 1891 to 2000, 1,160 births in France were registered under Saladin.
• Before spelling was fixed, Saladino was also written Saladin.

Arms associated with the name

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