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Sawyer name meaning

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49k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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What does the name Sawyer mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Sawyer

User Submitted Origins

English
67%
Irish
19%
Scandinavian
10%
American
5%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Colorado, U.S., the name Sawyer is of English origin and means "Wood-cutter".
  2. According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Sawyer means "A challenged individual".
  3. A submission from Tennessee, U.S. says the name Sawyer means "woodsman".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Saw"yer
Senses
  1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
  2. A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.(U.S)
  3. [Zoöl] The bowfin.(Local, U.S)

Etymology: Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
    Synonyms: sawyer beetle
  2. One who is employed to saw wood
Wiktionary

From sawyer.

  1. An occupational surname​ for someone who made a living from sawing wood.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city and town in Kansas.
  4. A ghost town in Nebraska.
  5. A city and town in North Dakota.
  6. A town in Oklahoma.
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Notable Persons Named Sawyer

Notable Persons Named Sawyer

Sawyer Fredericks

Sawyer Fredericks is a musician. He was most active from 2015 to present. Sawyer was given the name Sawyer Christopher Fredericks on March 31st, 1999 in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Sawyer Sweeten

Sawyer Sweeten was an actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 1996 to 2015. Sawyer was given the name Sawyer Storm Sweeten on May 12th, 1995 in Brownwood, Texas, United States. He passed away on April 23rd, 2015.

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Sawyer Janes

Sawyer Janes is a sports team member for the Virginia Beach Piranhas.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Sawyer

Notable Persons With the Last Name Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

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Margaret Ellen Sawyer

Margaret Ellen Sawyer is a comics character.

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Diane Sawyer

Diane Sawyer is a journalist and television journalist. She has been prominent since 1962. Diane was given the name Lila Diane Sawyer on December 22nd, 1945 in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States.

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Chris Sawyer

Chris Sawyer is a pc game, video game developer, and computer gamedeveloper. Chris was born in Dundee.

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Peyton Sawyer

Peyton Sawyer is a soap character.

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Natalie Sawyer

Natalie was given the name Natalie Lorraine Sawyer on October 23rd, 1979 in Ealing.

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  • Josh Sawyer
    Game Design
  • Robert J. Sawyer
    Writer
  • Celia Sawyer
    Businesswoman
  • Charles W. Sawyer
    United States Secretary of Commerce
  • Tom Sawyer
    Office Holder
  • Grant Sawyer
    Governor of Nevada
  • Dana Sawyer
    Professor of Religion
  • Hartley Sawyer
    Actor
  • Harold Sawyer
  • Lorenzo Sawyer
    Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Shawn Sawyer
    Figure Skater
  • Philetus Sawyer
    Office Holder
  • Robert Sawyer
  • Errol Sawyer

Common last names for Sawyer

Common first names for Sawyer

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Sawyer U.S.
█  White 80.83% 64.26%
█  African American 13.62% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.71% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.99% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.29% 16.26%

Of Last Name Sawyer

People with the last name Sawyer are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Sawyer

  • What name lists does Sawyer rank for?
    #707Popular Surnames
    #26Modern Boy Names
    #90Modern Girl Names
    #103Unisex Names
  • How Popular is the name Sawyer? Sawyer is the 926th most popular name of all time. As a last name Sawyer was the 707th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Sawyer have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 59,058 babies born with the first name Sawyer in the United States. That's more than enough people named Sawyer to occupy the territory of Greenland (Denmark) with an estimated population of 56,749 (as of January 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Sawyer? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1913 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Sawyer first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Sawyer is Saturday, November 2nd, 1878.
  • What year had the most people named Sawyer born? The highest recorded use of the first name Sawyer was in 2015 with a total of 4,269 babies. That's a lot of babies named Sawyer!
  • Random Sawyer Factoid: According to the 2017 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Sawyer ranks 57th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Missouri. Imagine that, 117 babies in Missouri have the same name in 2017.
  • Weird things about the name Sawyer: The name spelled backwards is Reywas. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Rwysea. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Sawyer? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 49,028 people with the last name Sawyer.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Sawyer? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 17 of them will have Sawyer as their last name.
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