38 Saxon Baby Names With Meanings

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These days, it is really tough to find a moniker that’s distinctive and unique. You pick a name thinking that it will make your wee one stand out from the crowd, but he ends up having a class fellow of the same name in his preschool. Luckily the Saxons have names that have been underused for the past few centuries. Your kid may find it hard to get a souvenir key chain with his name, but that might just be worth it.
The term Saxon is used to designate the Germanic tribe that settled near the North Sea coast, which is now Germany. The word is derived from ‘seax’, a kind of knife for which they were known.
Saxon baby names have a distinct German sound and a Scottish lilt to them. There weren’t any family name or surnames in those times. The nobles and aristocratic families were given names of their famous forbearers, for example, Baducings, Besingas, and Gumeningas along with the suffix –ing, which means ‘people of’.
When you’re selecting a Saxon baby name, you should do a thorough research on its meaning, as the name may have different meanings or connotations in Old English versus modern English or American English. To make your task a bit easier, MomJunction has gathered a list of Saxon baby names with meanings and their traditional gender use.

NameGenderMeaning
heart image Aedith Baby Boy Sign Boy A rich and blessed war
heart image Aeditha Baby Girl Sign Girl The war of riches and blessed
heart image Aeldret Baby Boy Sign Boy A wise person; An advisor
heart image Aesc Baby Boy Sign Boy The ash tree or the tree of ash
heart image Aesca Baby Girl Sign Girl A girl from the ash tree
heart image Aescby Unisex Baby Sign Unisex One who lives by the ash tree
heart image Aescford Baby Boy Sign Boy A water stream by the ash tree
heart image Aeschild Baby Boy Sign Boy The child from the ash tree
heart image Aescla Baby Girl Sign Girl One who is from the ash tree farm
heart image Aescleah Baby Girl Sign Girl The forest of ash tree
heart image Aesclin Baby Girl Sign Girl One who belongs to the farm of ash tree
heart image Aesctun Baby Boy Sign Boy The town by the ash tree
heart image Brihthere Baby Boy Sign Boy Bright army
heart image Brihtiua Baby Boy Sign Boy Bright individual
heart image Brihtiue Baby Boy Sign Boy Brightness
heart image Ceawa Baby Boy Sign Boy The tree of a man
heart image Fromund Baby Boy Sign Boy The lord who protects
heart image Gedla Unisex Baby Sign Unisex One who belongs to the place called Gedling
heart image Hamlin Baby Boy Sign Boy Home
heart image Leuthard Baby Boy Sign Boy A brave person; Brave as a lion
heart image Leuthere Baby Boy Sign Boy An Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester
heart image Mildgyth Baby Girl Sign Girl A tender gift; A small one
heart image Mildoina Baby Girl Sign Girl A mild power of someone
heart image Mildraed Baby Girl Sign Girl Someone of gentle strength
heart image Mildred Baby Girl Sign Girl Gentle strength
heart image Mildryth Baby Girl Sign Girl A person of gentle strength
heart image Millard Baby Boy Sign Boy A guardian or care-taker of the mill
heart image Milred Baby Boy Sign Boy A gentle strength
heart image Offa Baby Boy Sign Boy The person who supports others; To the fulfillment of a need
heart image Oger Baby Boy Sign Boy A person with the newest or freshest hair
heart image Segovax Baby Boy Sign Boy A good sea; Sea for good
heart image Selewine Baby Girl Sign Girl A friend of rocks; One who befriends rocks
heart image Tateleigh Baby Girl Sign Girl A glad or cheerful person of the woods
heart image Tidhelm Baby Boy Sign Boy Time for the cattle shelter
heart image Tidin Baby Boy Sign Boy One who is riding; Clearing
heart image Tidsige Baby Boy Sign Boy The time for victory
heart image Torhtsige Baby Boy Sign Boy The victory of thunder God
heart image Totta Baby Boy Sign Boy A pet name means bright helmet
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