Old Saxon Origin Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old Saxon. Old Saxon was a West Germanic language spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands.

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Agema Frisian
Means "son of Age 1".

Aggio Italian
Possibly from the name Aggius, probably related to the Germanic name Agi.

Aiolfi Italian
Means "son of Aiolfo", which is derived from the Germanic name Agilulf.

Amerighi Italian
Means "son of Amerigo".

Arrighetti Italian
Means "son of Arrighetto", a diminutive of the given name Arrigo.

Arrighi Italian
Means "son of Arrigo".

Arrigucci Italian
Means "son of Arriguccio", a diminutive of the given name Arrigo.

Baasch Low German
From Middle Low German bas meaning "boss".

Beck 1 English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
From Middle English bekke (from Old Norse), Low German beke or Old Norse bekkr all meaning "stream".

Becke German
Variant of Beck 1 or Beck 2.

Both Dutch
From the Low German given name Bode.

Botha Afrikaans
South African variant of Both.

Bothe Dutch
Variant of Both.

Brauer Low German
Derived from Middle Low German bruwer meaning "brewer".

Buhr Low German
Low German form of Bauer.

Dedrick English
Derived from the given name Dederick, an older form of Derek.

Derichs German
Means "son of Dirk".

Derrick English
Derived from the given name Derrick (see Derek). A famous bearer of this surname is the character Stephan Derrick from the German television series Derrick (1974-1998).

Derricks English
Derived from the given name Derrick.

Derrickson English
Means "son of Derrick".

De Vos Dutch
Variant of Vos.

Devos Flemish
Flemish variant of Vos.

Dierickx Flemish
Means "son of Dirk".

Dieter German
Derived from the given name Dieter.

Dietrich German
Derived from the given name Dietrich.

Dirchs Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Dirk".

Dircks Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dircksens Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirckx Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirix Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirks Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirkse Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirksen Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirkx Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Dirk".

Eilerts German
Derived from the given name Eilert.

Elmersson Swedish
Means "son of Elmar".

Emerson English
Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

Feldt German, Danish, Swedish
North German, Danish and Swedish variant of Feld.

Frederiksen Danish
Means "son of Frederik".

Fredriksen Norwegian
Means "son of Fredrik".

Fredriksson Swedish
Means "son of Fredrik".

Fried German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Friedrich German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Guidi Italian
From the given name Guido.

Harris English
Means "son of Harry".

Harrison English
Means "son of Harry".

Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).

Heijman Dutch
Patronymic from a diminutive of the given name Hendrik.

Heijmans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heikki Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

Heikkilä Finnish
From the given name Heikki with the suffix -lä indicating a place.

Heikkinen Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

Heimans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heinrich German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.

Heinrichs German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.

Heintze German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Heinz German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Henderson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hendry".

Hendrickx Flemish
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendriks Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrikx Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrix Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik. A famous bearer was the American rock musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970).

Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Hennig German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich.

Henningsen Danish
Means "son of Henning".

Henriksen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Henrik".

Henriksson Swedish
Means "son of Henrik".

Henriques Portuguese
Means "son of Henrique".

Henry English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Henryson English
Means "son of Henry". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

Henson English
Means "son of Henne", a medieval diminutive of Henry.

Herriot English
From an Old French diminutive of the given name Herry.

Heymans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Hinrichs Low German
Derived from the given name Hinrich.

Hintzen German
Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of Heinrich.

Holst Danish, Low German, Dutch
Originally referred to a person from the region of Holstein between Germany and Denmark. A famous bearer of this name was the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).

Kendrick 3 Scottish
Variant of McKendrick.

Knef German
Occupational name for a shoemaker, derived from Low German knif meaning "shoemaker's knife".

Kneib German
Variant of Knef.

Kock Low German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch cognate of Cook.

Landi Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Lando Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

MacEanruig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKendrick.

Maddison English
Variant of Madison.

Madison English
Means "son of Maud". A famous bearer of this surname was the fourth American president James Madison (1751-1836).

McKendrick Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacEanruig meaning "son of Eanraig".

Mould English
From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

Parry Welsh
Derived from ap Harry meaning "son of Harry".

Perry 2 Welsh
From Welsh ap Herry meaning "son of Herry".

Pohl 1 Low German
Low German cognate of Poole.

Rademacher Low German
Low German cognate of Rademaker.

Reese 2 Low German
Low German cognate of Riese.

Righi Italian
From the given name Arrigo.

Schräder Low German (Rare)
Variant of Schröder 1.

Schrader Low German
Variant of Schröder 1.

Schröder 1 Low German
Occupational name for a tailor, from Middle Low German schroden meaning "to cut".

Schroeder German
Variant of Schröder 1 and Schröder 2.

Terry English
Derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric.

Thälmann German
From the given name Thilo. It was borne by the German communist party leader Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944).

Tillens Flemish
From the old Dutch name Tiel, a medieval diminutive of Dietrich.

Unterbrink Low German
Means "dweller under the slope" from Old Saxon undar "under" and brink "edge, slope".

Vos Dutch
Dutch cognate of Voss.

Wedekind German
From the given name Widukind.