SACHEVERELL

Sacheverell: translation

English: transferred use of the surname, apparently originally a baronial name of Norman origin (from an unidentified place in Normandy believed to have been calledSaute-Chevreuil, meaning ‘roebuck leap’). It was made familiar as a given name by the writer Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1985), who was named in honour of his ancestor William Sacheverell (1638–91), a minor Whig statesman.

Pet form:Sachie.