Given name & surname · also Hindi
Saw
Saw is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Burmese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Saw comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Burmese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saw through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 289
- 289 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,590 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,590 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,142 as a first name in 2020; 1,030 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saw’s family of names
In English usage, Saw as a surname has a related form in SAWH. In English usage, Saw as a surname has a related form in SAWH. In Khmer usage, Saw as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of សៅ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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