Given name & surname

Sussex

“South Saxons”

Sussex is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sussex goes back to Old English Sūþseaxan, meaning “South Saxons.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Sussex comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English Sūþseaxan (“South Saxons”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Sussex, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Sudell

“south”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Sugden

“kind of small bird”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Sunnefa

“sun” · “gift”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old English

Sollars

“upper floor of a house”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Selley

“deck of a ship”

No U.S. birth series

33% boys · 67% girls

Old English

Southwick

“south”

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Southey

“south”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Southall

“south”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sussex’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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