Saxby?

[RockyTigerScarf]

Hello, I'm wondering what people think of Saxby. A friend mentioned the name to me and now I can't get it off my mind. I'm not sure whether I like it or not and can't think whether I've heard it before.

Other names I like are
Jace
Roscoe
Abel
Simon
Timothy
Axel
Fred

Not very nice.

I’d go with Timothy.

Have you not heard of Saxby's Sausages, OP? Nooooo!

I hate saxby and jace.

It's the name of a village in Leicestershire, but not suitable as a baby name imo.

Sounds like a dogs name - sorry

Simon is due a come back, nice name.

Your child and their life, but reminds me of Saxby lighting
www.saxbylighting.com good lights though.

Awful sorry

Jace doesn't sound like a full name
Roscoe ok
Abel nice
Simon ok
Timothy ok
Axel like
Fred like

Sounds like a town lol. Sorry. Simon is great though, It's time for a comeback.

Genuinely the worse name I’ve read on here. Your list is schizophrenic. The names Axle and Saxby (and I use the word “names” loosely here) shouldn’t be on the same list as Simon and Timothy (which are also terrible names, just in a different way). Out of everything you’ve got there Fred is the best but that’s like saying “of all the rancid smelling glasses of milk, I want to drink that one most”.

I apologise for my bluntness but someone needs to tell it to you straight on this one. It’s a human being you’re naming and Zowie Bowie and Dweezil and Moonunit Zappa couldn’t even pull those names off and their parents were legendary rock icons.

Please buy a baby name book and get some more mainstream inspiration.

You have a few “wacky” names, and then Timothy and Simon, which are very 1970’s. E only people I know with those names are my age (early 40’s) and I don’t think they are retro enough to make a comeback yet (if ever) and I like traditional names.
I don’t like any of them, sorry.

I only know it as a company who used to be famous for their pork pies. I really can't see it as a first name at all. Sorry.

I like Simon.

Abel is lovely.

Awful, you're naming a child who'll have this name for his whole life, he'll be an adult for most of those years, it's not about proving how trendy you are, choose something reasonable

Saxby. - no sounds like a place in Lincolnshire called Saxilby which was a nice enough place but not a boys name
Jace- awful estate agent car salesman vibes
Roscoe- reminds me of Roscoff it's a bit dig namey
Abel- ok
Simon- v. 70s/80s
Timothy- bit wet and 70s/80s
Axel- bad ass quite like
Fred- Frederick or Freddie but not Fred

Saxbys make pork pies..... no!

@LassFromLeedsWithALustForLife

Flipping heck we have different opinions don't we! I do have a baby name book by the way, and 4 kids. In my original post, I did not mention that i was naming my child Saxby, I was looking for information on the name (or whatever you'd like to call it) because I knew I'd heard it in a place before but couldn't think what and I was wondering others opinions on it. Not quite sure what your problem is with me liking the name Axel but also liking the name Simon but that's ok. Thanks for the feedback everyone, have a good Christmas.

Axel is my favourite too. In a similar vein, what about Huxley?

Saxby is a place name/surname so I'm not keen (plus kids might call him Sexby). Of your other choices - Simon's okay and would be unusual to hear now and maybe Abel (although it's very biblical/religious sounding). Fred is lovely as a nn for Alfred or Frederick.

If you like less common names, what about Maxwell or Maxim or Macsen, Lev or Zev (or Xavier), Orin or Orion, Heath or Hugh, Cassius or Caius, Asa or Ezra, Ioan, Ivo, Iolo or Jago?

Awful names I'm afraid. This is a child, not something to be accessorised with a name you think sounds interesting.

Saxby is a surname of a neighbour. The kids are teased with Sexy and Sacky.
Awful for them.

My immediare thought is someone saying "I bought my sofa from Saxby"

Go for Simon or Frederick