The Sargant Family Name

Many Sargant families will find their roots under Sargent, the form most records use. The name is usually explained as “Servant, officer”.

• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Sargant has “a” where Sargent has “e”.
• The same family of names includes Sargeant, Sergeant and Sergent.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Sargant, so the heraldry linked to Sargent is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Sargant family name pack.