Sergan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sergan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The family name Sergan is the variant of the Serjeant. See Sarjeant - Old French from Latin Spelman says a serjeant- at-law is so called because serriens adlegem. We have also serjeants-at-arms, serjeants-at-mace, etc. Cotgrave makes a sergent, "a footman or souldier that serves on foot." Gibbon on the contrary, applies the word to "all horsemen who were not knights."

Sergan is variant of Sarjeant. Old French from Latin Spelman says a serjeant- at-law is so called because serriens adlegem. We have also serjeants-at-arms, serjeants-at-mace, etc. Cotgrave makes a sergent, "a footman or souldier that serves on foot." Gibbon on the contrary, applies the word to "all horsemen who were not knights."

Sergan is form of Sargent. One who worked as a servant; a tenant by military service under the rank of a knight, or a court officer.

Family name Sergan is variant form of Sargent. Sergeant. In the twelfth century, the Royal body-guards of England and France were called Servientes Armorum, or Serjens d'armes; i.e, servant at arms.

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