Sabot Name Origin and Family Crest

If your family name is Sabot, its origin lies with Sabatier, a French surname. Its meaning, shared with Sabatier, is “Shoemaker”.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Sabatier and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Sabot is listed among the recognised spellings of Sabatier. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Sabathier.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Sabot with 250 bearers, at rank 76,768. French civil records give 2,789 births under the name Sabot from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1941–1950. Want more than a summary? See the Sabot family name pack.