What nationality is the name "Sartorius?"?

Question

What nationality is the name "Sartorius?"?

Answer 1

As Tebs says the name Sartorius comes directly from Latin , Sartus meaning Tailor and Sartorius meaning "related to the tailor (job, craftmanship ) . The name diffused in Germany and Austria in the early middle age and (less common, but still present) in  England.

In Germany there were some pretty famous Sartorius, like Ernst Sartorius (a Lutheran theologian) or Georg Sartorius (an historian)

In England the name is linked to Surrey.

There are two Victoria cross holders (Euston and Reginald William Sartorius) with that name

Answer 2

This is a Latinized name. People up through the early Renaissance might use pen names like this. It means "I am writing a satire." So anyone who was writing from the Latin tradition (e.g. anywhere there were Christians) might use this name.

Answer 3

Sartorius: Last name origin & meaning:

Humanistic name, a Latinized form of German Schneider, Dutch Snijder, occupational names for a tailor.

'sartorial' : of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring.

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'sartorius' : anatomy : a long ribbon-shaped muscle that aids in flexing the knee, from New Latin 'sartorius musculus', literally : 'tailors muscle', because it is used when one sits in the cross legged position in which tailors traditionally sat while sewing.