Entry № 9445 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Sexburga Sexburga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEKS-buhr-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Anglo-Saxon queen-saint"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "anglo-saxon queen-saint".

Sexburga is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning anglo-saxon queen-saint.

Anglo-Saxon queen-saint. Sister of Etheldreda.

The name in its native script.

Sexburga
Transliteration
Sexburga
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɛks.bɜːr.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

What Sexburga is built from.

Sexburga is a compound name. Its parts are burg — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

burg
Germanic
“fortress, stronghold”

Where Sexburga stands.

Sexburga does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sexburgas before her.

Real people
Saint Sexburga
Anglo-Saxon queen of Kent.
c. 636 – 699
In fiction
Sexburga
Common in Anglo-Saxon historical fiction.

Names connected to Sexburga.

The number behind Sexburga.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sexburga reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.