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Saxon?

110 replies

Tabbsi · 17/02/2025 22:09

For a boy. Thoughts?

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OneFineDay13 · 18/02/2025 23:28

Jeez no sorry

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 18/02/2025 23:31

I kind of like it. I like the Saxon period in history and I also liked the band of that name. It's an unusual name for a person, but not unheard of and I don't think it sounds difficult to live with.

Scutterbug · 18/02/2025 23:34

I know one, he’s in his twenties now. I didn’t like the name when I first heard it but it has grown on me.

Riversof0tters · 18/02/2025 23:38

BaronessBomburst · 18/02/2025 12:24

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

Harold and Oswald are Norse names.
The people who invaded and killed 'Saxons'.

Iloveyoubut · 18/02/2025 23:47

SnakesAndArrows · 17/02/2025 22:12

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

Hey! Less of the dodgy! I saw them last year… bloody briliant! 😂

mathanxiety · 18/02/2025 23:47

It sounds like the sort of name an admirer of the idea of an Aryan master race would name their son.

Marcipix · 18/02/2025 23:53

I knew a beautiful red haired girl called Saxon. She’ll be grown up now.

I’m afraid people always did a double take, thinking it can’t be…

Riversof0tters · 18/02/2025 23:55

mathanxiety · 18/02/2025 23:47

It sounds like the sort of name an admirer of the idea of an Aryan master race would name their son.

I agree. If they choose appropriate names it'll be easier for the rest of us to know and hide when necessary.

How about
Saxon Fairbarn
Saxon Ironside
Saxon Destroyer of Worlds
Saxon Flaxen
Saxon Rising

SnakesAndArrows · 19/02/2025 10:00

LondonFox · 18/02/2025 22:59

Oi Saxon is not dodgy.
But yeah, first ring was a HM band.
I'd go with something more traditional

I apologise unreservedly to all the Saxon fans.

In my defence, I suspect it was the teenage Saxon fans with whom I associated at the time who were dodgy. I was always a prog girl and a bit scared of the headbangers.😂

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 19/02/2025 19:21

SnakesAndArrows · 19/02/2025 10:00

I apologise unreservedly to all the Saxon fans.

In my defence, I suspect it was the teenage Saxon fans with whom I associated at the time who were dodgy. I was always a prog girl and a bit scared of the headbangers.😂

There were some well good looking Saxon fans where I came from!

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