Given name & surname · also Old English
Saxby
“farm; settlement”
Saxby is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saxby goes back to Old Norse býr, meaning “farm; settlement.”
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Where it comes from
Saxby comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English Seaxa, from Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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