Saxons
SAK-sənz
A historical ethnonym for the Germanic people whose name lives on in surnames, place names, and cultural history.
Meaning
Saxons is not a personal given name in the usual sense; it is an ethnonym referring to the Saxon people. The name is traditionally linked to the tribal name of a Germanic group, later used broadly in historical writing for the Anglo-Saxons. In name books, it appears mainly in discussion of Anglo-Saxon naming rather than as an ordinary baptismal name.
Origin
Old EnglishLatinvaries by culture
Fun fact
19th-century name books discuss the Saxons mainly as a source for studying English names, not as a standard given name.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.