Etymology

Sainsbury

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

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The story

Habitational surname from the village of Saintbury, in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.