Girl or boy · English
Sawyer
Say it: SOY-ur
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for one who sawed wood.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Linked with Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer (1876), it became popular for boys and, increasingly, girls in the US from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 63,487 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 443 boys
- 4,408 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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