Shaw

English

"dweller by the wood"

Shaw Origin and Meaning

The name Shaw is a boy's name of English origin meaning "dweller by the wood".

With the current taste for last names first, this sounds a lot cooler than Shawn; it also has creative connections to the great Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw, novelist Irwin Shaw, and Big Band Era clarinetist/bandleader and one-time Ava Gardner husband Artie Shaw.

Since Shaw, like all the other names in this book, has never appeared in the Top 1000, a boy given this name could really make it his own.

Popularity of the name Shaw

• 1768 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Shaw

• Shaw Clifton Irish Salvation Army leader
• Shaw Grigsby American "Bass Master" pro fisherman
• Eric Stanley "Shaw" Taylor English actor
• Walter Shaw Sparrow British writer on art and architecture
• George Bernard Shaw Irish novelist and playwright; winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

The name Shaw in Pop Culture

• Shaw Moore minister in film "Footloose"
• Shaun "Shaw" character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
• Miles Shaw minor character on TV's "The 100"
• Deke Shaw character on TV's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."