Hello everyone,
This is our first post! I’m now 4 days overdue and still am yet to decide on a baby name!!!
Okay- so it’s our first baby, we know it’s a boy and we’ve narrowed it down to [name]Wolf[/name] and [name]Saxon[/name]… What are people’s thoughts on these two names?? We wanted something that was a bit individual and strong sounding… With maybe [name]James[/name] for the middle name…
Ok, thanks for any feedback on this name berries 
[name]Love[/name] [name]Saxon[/name]! [name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name] is lovely.
I second [name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name]. Very cool.
Three votes for [name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name]… Awesome name.
Thirding [name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name]!!
Oopsies… make that four 
I’m going against the stream here. [name]Saxon[/name] is dnms. [name]Wolf[/name] [name]James[/name] or even [name]Wolfgang[/name] [name]James[/name] nn [name]Wolf[/name] would get my vote.
I vote [name]Wolf[/name]. It is my son’s middle name. [name]Saxon[/name] is interesting, but doesn’t compare to [name]Wolf[/name].
I just love [name]Saxon[/name] and I would use it in a heartbeat but I have never seen much love for it here on nameberry. I am sure that you will get lots of love for [name]Wolf[/name] but it is a little too out there for my taste but I could see it in the middle name spot.
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I have such good associations with the name [name]Saxon[/name]. I used to be friends with possibly the hottest guy ever & his name was [name]Saxon[/name]. He was also smart & funny & fashionable. He was very creative & a hippie type.
[name]Wolf[/name] is a strong & earthy name as well, but feels less versatile. In my mind I typecast a [name]Saxon[/name] much less strongly even though I have known one. I can picture [name]Saxon[/name] the CEO
[name]One[/name] more vote for [name]Saxon[/name], sounds so cool and strong. I also love [name]Wolf[/name], but I think [name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name], flows better.
I’ll also have to disagree. As the Saxons were a tribe of people, who most famously invaded [name]Britain[/name] around the same time as the Angles and gave us ‘Anglo-[name]Saxon[/name],’ to me it’s like naming your son “Celt” or “Pict.”
Also-- it could potentially be perceived as a racialist name. As in, Nordic superiority.
I like [name]Wolf[/name]-- it’s certainly distinctive, but naming children after animals whose qualities you admire is practiced by cultures all over the world. Unfortunately, [name]Wolf[/name] [name]James[/name] doesn’t flow particularly well, but [name]James[/name] [name]Wolf[/name] does!
Thanks for all the feedback so far everyone! It’s given us lots to think about…
We’ve always liked [name]Wolf[/name] from the start but we thought our families would just not get it… And we were right! [name]James[/name] is a family name and a bit of a ‘safer’ choice i suppose, but we didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to name our little one something a bit cool and edgy! [name]Saxon[/name] is just a recent name (re)discovery for me but it seems to be a popular choice amongst those of you who have replied…
We were even thinking the following combos could work:
[name]Wolf[/name] [name]James[/name] or [name]James[/name] [name]Wolf[/name]
[name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name] or [name]Saxon[/name] [name]Wolf[/name]…
Hmmm still pondering this one! Thanks again for your replies and feel free to add any of your suggestions in too as I’d love to hear them - you guys are really good at this!
To be honest, I don’t see the appeal in giving people animal names as first names. I think [name]Saxon[/name] is wonderful, and even [name]Saxon[/name] [name]Wolf[/name] [name]James[/name] is pretty cool. But I have to vote nay on [name]Wolf[/name] in the front.
I don’t mean to be politically incorrect here, but how Caucasian are you? When I hear [name]Saxon[/name], I only think of Anglo [name]Saxon[/name]. That’s not a bad connotation, but I would find the name a little jarring on someone who is not Caucasian. It’s like a white kid named [name]Ebony[/name]. It just seems odd to me. Please don’t flame me…maybe I’m just no creative or imaginative enough, but I just can’t seem to get past the name’s obvious meaning.
I really, really like [name]James[/name] [name]Wolf[/name]. Classic + completely bold. It seems like [name]Wolf[/name] was always your first name love, and you should honor that. [name]Saxon[/name] is the compromise name-- which again can carry pretty heavy racial implications.
If you just plain like the sound of [name]Saxon[/name], there are some similar names:
[name]Daxton[/name]
[name]Dixon[/name]
Exton
[name]Maxton[/name]
[name]Paxton[/name]
Sixten / [name]Sixtus[/name]
[name]Axel[/name]
[name]Fairfax[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name]
[name]Maxim[/name]
[name]Saxon[/name] gets my vote but I do [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Wolf[/name] as well.
These names are both AWESOME!
I prefer [name]Saxon[/name] [name]James[/name] of the two (or [name]James[/name] [name]Wolf[/name] if that combo is now an option). Personally, I don’t like animal names on human beings so if one has to be used it would be better in the middle spot. [name]Wolf[/name] conjures up two images in my mind: the predatory animal and CNN’s [name]Wolf[/name] Blitzer who has to be one of the most boring and monotonous newsmen on television. Neither image is positive one for me. Only name nerds and historians would know anything about Anglo-Saxons and their invasions (the 5th and 6th centuries are a long time ago) so I don’t think the racial implications would be a problem. Most people would just like the strong “sound” of the name.
I disagree with [name]Misha[/name]. Wolves are known for more than just being predators. They are amazing animals and I think it is a shame that “the big bad wolf” image is so ingrained in our minds. The name [name]Wolf[/name] itself has a lot of history beyond [name]Wolf[/name] Blitzer…
Also, unless you live in a really uneducated area, the word [name]Saxon[/name] will be known to a lot more people than just name nerds and historians.