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