Gender-neutral name Old English origin

Sawyer

SAW-yer · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Wood cutter
Language
Old English
Culture
English
Religion
Secular
Style era
modern
Themes
occupation · literary
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#—
2024 births3,818
Peak year2017
First appeared1913
Total US births80,150
2017 peak19131941196919962024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Saw
Alternate spellings
SawerSawyere
In other languages
Sawyer (English)

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public domain)