Sullivant
Proper noun
Meaning
Sullivant (plural Sullivants)
A surname from Irish.
Examples
By 1797, a young surveyor from Virginia named Lucas Sullivant had founded a permanent settlement on the west bank of the forks of the Scioto River and Olentangy River.
Lentz, p. 33 The location was desirable for its proximity to navigable rivers—but Sullivant was initially foiled when, in 1798, a large flood wiped out the new settlement.