Saxe: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

The name Saxe is closely linked to Sax. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “One who came”.

Saxe and Sax

The extra “e” in Saxe is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Saxon.

In the records

In the 2010 US Census, 1,776 Americans gave Saxe as their last name (rank 16,250). 232 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Saxe name at birth.

Saxe coat of arms

Arms linked to Sax and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Saxe family name pack.