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saxby Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from places in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire called Saxby, from the Old Norse personal name Saxi meaning ‘sword’, or the genitive of the Old English folk name Seaxe, Old Norse Saksar ‘Saxons’ + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
  2. nickname for someone quick to take offense and draw his sword, from Middle English sakespey, Old French sacquespee, from Old French sacque(r) ‘to draw or extract’ (from sac ‘sack’) + espee ‘sword’ (Latin spatha).

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saxby Family Facts

Distribution of saxby Families in the US in 1920
Number of saxby families
 15-28
 6-14		 1-5
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saxby from kent,england &windsor ny s1j5j7b7 0
Saxby Family Rhonda Bartlett 33
SAXBY christiecollis 0
Martha SAXBY (1813-1873) Battle, Sussex, England Pip046 2
Saxby families of Dartford, Eltham, Rochester( Medway) areas of Kent uk Linda Meadows 8
Saxby's of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire @@sportyroy@yahoo.co.uk 2
Saxby in New York and Vermont early 1800's jmdskpjms 0
Saxby of Kent Sue Stilwell 1
William Saxby @@J.W.G.G3YOU@btinternet.com 0
SAXBY FAMILLY TREE TIM SAXBY 14
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