There are 20 Saxon names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Saxon names 1 to 20. Robert was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Polish Edward, the English, French, and German Roger, and the Scandinavian name, Odin. The unusual Saxon names are Saxon (English), Burkhard (German), Dallin (English), Drogo (English), Dudley (English), Egbert (English and German), Ethelbert (English), Hopkin (English and Welsh), Horst (German), Oswald (English, French, and German), Siegbert (German), Till (English and German), Wedekind (German), Wigbert (German), Willibald (German), and York (Scandinavian and English). Saxon names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1937, 7.557% of baby boys were given Saxon names. There were 4 Saxon names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Saxon names have since experienced a steep decline in frequency, and are used only on a moderate scale now. In 2008, 4 Saxon names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.568%. Within all Saxon names, the English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish Robert was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #49 and a usage of 0.4042%.
NAME MATCH: | Saxon | from Saxonny ...The boy name Saxon is pronounced SAEKSahN ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Burkhard | protection, fortress, ... (-754), an Anglo-Saxon companion of Saint ... |
Dallin  | settlement of the descendants ... reference to the Anglo-Saxon name Dalla. ... |
| Drogo | to bear, to carry; ghost; precious and peaceful; precious and famous ... |
Dudley  | Dudda's clearing ... to the 8th-century Saxon lord Dud or Dado who ... |
Edward  148 | guardian of riches ... known from three Anglo-Saxon kings and another eight ... |
Egbert  | bright sword, famous ... in use as an Anglo-Saxon name and later survived ... |
| Ethelbert | nobly famous ... a revival among other Saxon names in the 19th ... |
| Hopkin | son of Hob ... originated from Anglo-Saxon attempts to reproduce ... |
| Horst | wood, wooded hill; horse ... or else from the Old Saxon 'horsa' (horse) ... |
Odin  983 | fury, inspiration; to blow, to inspire ... (Germanic), Woden (Old Saxon), Wotan (Germanic), and ... |
Oswald  | divine power, rule of God ... the first Anglo-Saxon king venerated as a ... |
Robert  49 | bright famous one; famously famous ... replacing the Anglo-Saxon Hreodbeorht (Old ... |
Roger  463 | famous warrior ... was mentioned in Anglo-Saxon epics such as Beowulf ... |
| Siegbert | victory; bright, famous ... early French and Anglo-Saxon kings, notably the 7th ... |
| Till | ruler of the people ... Tillo was a 7th-century Saxon who evangelized in the ... |
| Wedekind | wood, forest; child ... Widukind (730-808), a Saxon leader who was the ... |
| Wigbert | fighter, warrior; bright, ... (670-747), an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk who ... |
| Willibald | will, desire; bold, ... (700-781 787), an Anglo-Saxon companion of Saint ... |
| York | yew; pig farm; farmer, ... |
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