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Sax

Sax is a surname from German. It is used in English and French.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sax comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Sachs.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sax’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Sax as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SAKSA. In French usage, Sax as a surname has a related form in Sachs. In Finnish usage, Sax as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SAKSI.

Walk Sax’s family in the name graph

SaxΣαξSachsSaksiSaxe薩克斯

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Sax has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

FinnishChineseGerman

6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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German

Sammis

Sammis is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Sipes

Sipes is a surname, probably from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Saltsman

Saltsman is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Seck

Seck is a surname from Wolof, ultimately from German.

No U.S. birth series

45% boys · 55% girls

German

Seek

“victory”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Åns

Åns is a masculine given name from Middle Low German, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polabian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Swabian

Schauss

Schauss is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Shands

Shands is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

44% boys · 56% girls

Sibling ideas

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