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Saxon?

110 replies

Tabbsi · 17/02/2025 22:09

For a boy. Thoughts?

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EsmeShelby · 18/02/2025 09:38

Do you want him to grow up and front a metal band?

AlloftheTime · 18/02/2025 09:38

Reminds me of a shire horse

LookingAtMyBhunas · 18/02/2025 10:26

Chavvy

cheezncrackers · 18/02/2025 10:27

Like Patrick Schwarzenegger's lecherous character in The White Lotus 3? Not good timing for that name, I think 😆

whymewhyme · 18/02/2025 10:28

It's not for me

MrsSkylerWhite · 18/02/2025 10:28

We knew a Saxon, was a girl. Suited her.

Moglet4 · 18/02/2025 10:30

It sounds like you’re a white supremacist. Plus, at school, he’ll get ‘sex on’ or something similar. Sorry, OP.

HappiestSleeping · 18/02/2025 10:32

SnakesAndArrows · 17/02/2025 22:12

Absolutely not. It’s an Aldi toilet roll and a dodgy 1980s heavy metal band.

Absolutely not. It’s an Aldi toilet roll and a dodgy brilliant 1980s heavy metal band.

I've corrected your post 😉

margegunderson · 18/02/2025 10:36

Unusually for an odd name suggestion I like this one. Paxton btw was the bloke who built the Crystal Palace for Queen Victoria.

Neurotoxic · 18/02/2025 10:37

I think it's got too much baggage.
Middle name could be ok.

HardcoreLadyType · 18/02/2025 10:38

I’m surprised at the negative comments. To me it’s a lovely, strong sounding name, and simple to spell.
I didn’t know about the Aldi toilet paper, which is unfortunate, but the brand name is written in such small letters on the packaging, I think most people wouldn’t notice it.
I have a very ordinary name that somehow managed to be changed into something quite unpleasant once or twice at school. Children will do what kind of thing, and there really is no avoiding it. It hasn’t scarred me for life 🤷‍♀️.
FWIW, I like it.

godddwhathaveyoudone · 18/02/2025 10:52

I mean Roman is very popular at the moment so maybe names like Saxon will follow?

I worked with a Saxon when I was a teen, it was around 2021/2012 time and everyone would sing ‘mr Saxon beat’

JazzyJelly · 18/02/2025 10:57

I can imagine hearing it shouted at the park but would be very surprised if it was a child that came running!

CaptainMyCaptain · 18/02/2025 11:04

I like it.
I don't like Daxon or Jaxon which others have mentioned.

Greenfencebrowntree · 18/02/2025 11:05

JazzyJelly · 18/02/2025 10:57

I can imagine hearing it shouted at the park but would be very surprised if it was a child that came running!

I can imagine it would be a child, but it's a classic supermarket shouter of a name. You hear it and you think "oh dear, trouble's about".

MegTheForgetfulCat · 18/02/2025 11:09

DappledThings · 17/02/2025 22:15

It's the dog in Hot Fuzz.

What will his siblings be? Celt and Angle?

Presumably that's Angle pronounced lile angel?... Wink

thehorsesareallidiots · 18/02/2025 11:24

Good name for a big dog. Awful name for a human.

godddwhathaveyoudone · 18/02/2025 11:38

omg yes lovely for a dog

Oldandcobwebby · 18/02/2025 11:45

I'd instantly think of the dreadful heavy metal band. It's a big "NO" from me.

penguinbiscuity · 18/02/2025 11:46

Greenfencebrowntree · 17/02/2025 22:20

Like Elon Musk's son. Sounds (unrelatedly) like something an American white supremacist would name their child.

That's what I thought too.

I'm a fan of more unusual names. But not this one, sorry.

midlifeattheoasis · 18/02/2025 12:13

Awful

BaronessBomburst · 18/02/2025 12:24

How about a Saxon name?
Harold
Edmund
Oswald
Wilfric
Alfred
Edward

tinytemper66 · 18/02/2025 12:28

I would question if you actually loved your child! Dear Lord no...

Beamur · 18/02/2025 12:29

I quite like it but - really difficult to say with a lisp..

IdaGlossop · 18/02/2025 13:22

Needspaceforlego · 18/02/2025 01:00

Is Paxton not a make of gravy granules or fish dressing - I'm sure its a food brand of some description, or am I thinking of something similar?

That's Paxo.