# Saxby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #80,850

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0086).
2. A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8220).
3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
"Village of the Saxons", from the Old English Seaxa (“Saxons”) + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/saxby