Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase Zera Kodesh Shemo (ZaKS), literally "his name is Holy Seed," a quotation from Isaiah 6:13.[1]

Notable people with the surname Sachs include:

Fictional characters:

See also

References

  1. Elsdon Coles Smith, Dictionary of American Family Names (1956)
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