Saxby
English
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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 and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0086). [1]
- 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.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saxby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of 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