Saxby
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
"Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).
Proper noun[edit]
Saxby (countable and uncountable, plural Saxbys)
- A village in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England.
- A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8220).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saxby is the 30509th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 765 individuals. Saxby is most common among White (81.96%) and Black/African American (12.68%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saxby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse