Given name & surname
Saxon
“a swordsman”
Saxon is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a swordsman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a swordsman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English Saxe, from Old English *Seaxa, from Late Latin Saxōnem, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saxon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,737
- 1,571 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #3,119 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,119 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,428 as a first name in 2020; 6,707 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saxon’s family of names
In English usage, Saxon shares a linguistic root with the Estonian form SAKS. Saxon has a related form in Saxton. Saxon has a related form in Saxan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Saxon has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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.
People named Saxon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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