Sargent (name)

Sargent

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

Politicians

• Aaron A. Sargent (1827–1887) American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
• Bradley Varnum Sargent (1828- 1893)
• Bradley V. Sargent Jr. (1863-1940)
• 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
• Logan Sargent (born 2000), American racing driver
• 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

• Sargant (surname)
• Sargeant (surname)
• Sergeant (surname)
• Sergius (name)

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008). Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Brill. p. 559. ISBN 978-90-04-16797-1.
2. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
3. Sargent, Aaron (February 27, 2019). Sargent Genealogy (reprint). Wentworth Press. ISBN 978-0-526091-73-7.
4. Sargent, Aaron, Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and His Descendants in England, July 1895. Print. (ISBN 0-526091-73-8)
5. Sargent, Aaron (27 February 2019). Amazon.com: Sargent Genealogy: Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire and His Descendants in England. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 978-0526091737.
6. Sargent surname by Ancestry.com