Shaw
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning thicket or small wood.
Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Shaw by the numbers
Shaw was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shaw. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shaw
Names that are said the same way as Shaw, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Shaw, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shaw
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