Sawyer Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Sawyer

Sawyer Name Origin: English
Pronunciation: soy-er
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Sawyer Name Meaning

A steely surname pick with endless style, Sawyer burst onto the baby name scene in the 2000s. His rise in popularity may be attributed to the hit show Lost, but if you ask us, he’s always been a striking pick just waiting to be found.

Like his surname friends Marshall, Parker, and Mason, he’s also an occupational name, and he dances in unisex name territory recently, putting him smack dab in the middle of some of the hottest naming trends. This gives him a modern feel despite his mature roots and gives him an edge up on the competition.

Literary aficionados are sure to recognize him from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and subsequent novels. Like the title character, Sawyer is packed with wonder and imagination, the perfect name for a lively little one. Best of all, Sawyer is sure to be a memorable character in your life’s story.

Sawyer is one part sweet and two parts boyish charm, but best of all he’s a whole lot of handsome. He’s unlike any other name towards the top, unique in both sound and visual styling. He’s skirted significant popularity, sticking to the sweet-spot category of recognizable names that aren’t too common.

Sawyer Name Popularity

How popular is the name Sawyer? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	0	0%
1912	—	0	0%
1913	1,097	5	0.0009%
1914	—	0	0%
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1986	1,532	14	0.0009%
1987	1,799	10	0.0007%
1988	1,702	13	0.0008%
1989	1,459	22	0.0014%
1990	1,962	11	0.0007%
1991	1,093	55	0.0034%
1992	595	248	0.0155%
1993	524	337	0.0216%
1994	467	423	0.0276%
1995	498	382	0.0253%
1996	528	327	0.0218%
1997	515	347	0.0235%
1998	499	390	0.0261%
1999	487	415	0.0277%
2000	460	479	0.0314%
2001	480	448	0.0297%
2002	492	429	0.0286%
2003	434	546	0.0359%
2004	431	571	0.0375%
2005	306	1,053	0.0689%
2006	245	1,379	0.0881%
2007	240	1,498	0.0949%
2008	225	1,658	0.1073%
2009	202	1,882	0.1259%
2010	172	2,211	0.1534%
2011	172	2,165	0.152%
2012	147	2,732	0.1917%
2013	120	3,153	0.2215%
2014	110	3,591	0.2465%
2015	94	4,262	0.2929%
2016	97	4,233	0.2936%
2017	95	4,136	0.2963%
2018	99	3,858	0.2808%
2019	107	3,525	0.2604%
2020	118	3,044	0.2391%
2021	114	3,224	0.2637%
2022	133	2,793	0.2117%

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Data via SSA.gov.

Names Like Sawyer

If you like Sawyer, you’ll love these other names like Sawyer.

What names sound like Sawyer?

If you like how Sawyer sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sawyer.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Dwyer	Dark wise one	Irish
Lawyer		Modern
Mayer	Farmer; bright, shining; larger	Latin
Saber	Sword	French
Sayer	Wood-worker	Welsh
Sayers	Wood-worker	Welsh
Sayre	Wood-worker	Welsh
Zayyir	Blossoming, flourishing	Arabic

What names are similar to Sawyer?

Find a name that’s like Sawyer, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Archer	Bowman	English
Brody	Ditch	Scottish
Carson	Son of Carr	Scottish
Carter	Cart user	English
Cooper	Barrel maker	English
Ferris	“(A man of) iron,” from the Latin ferrum, iron.	Irish

Hayden	Hay valley	English
Hunter	Hunter	English
Marshall	Caretaker of horses	English
Mason	Stoneworker	English

Lists With Sawyer

Find inspiration in these baby boy name lists featuring the name Sawyer.

Siblings of Sawyer

Mamas with kids named Sawyer also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Natalie	Christmas Day	French
Anna	Gracious	Hebrew
Oakley	Meadow of oak trees	English
Westen	Western town	English
Ranger	Forest guardian	French
Maverick	Wildly Independent	American
Ella	Other goddess	Hebrew
Maverick	Independent one	American
Hudson	Son of Hudd	English

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21 Comments

Lana Aug 15 at 8:14 am

My husband has a ton of males on his side so I was trying to find a name that wasn’t already taken. And I just love the name Sawyer because it’s still country and cute and isn’t overly popular.

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sawyer teels Dec 26 at 1:36 pm

well, i love it because its my name LOL! i truly love this name

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- lol it’s my name too Feb 19 at 7:19 pm
  
  lol I’m also Sawyer
  
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Erin Oct 14 at 4:59 am

The adoptive family picked it

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Laura Aug 24 at 9:49 am

I named by baby after a canoe

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Sarah Feb 7 at 1:23 pm

I’ve been a part of the mama natural group for the past year and would love any and all natural insight for my gorgeous baby boy!

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Aly Nov 15 at 7:34 am

I came about sawyer on one of those websites with the top names and I fell in love. I love that it’s unique but still classic. I don’t really dislike anything about the name. My dad calls him chain saw which is pretty hilarious. People do pronounce it weird a lot. I named him Soy-yer, but people say Saw-yer.

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- Nikki Dec 3 at 4:42 pm
  
  That’s funny. My son is 10 and I recently heard, for the first time, someone call him Saw-yer. I thought, how odd !! Lol
  
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Shannon Jul 15 at 8:18 am

I’ve always loved the name plus it’s not super common

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Amy Mar 17 at 7:34 pm

My boyfriend and I just loved the name! It just suits our family so well and it even matches his personality!

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Jessica Jun 9 at 10:23 am

I’ve always just loved old fashioned names. With my first child my momma told me when you find a name you just can’t get out of your head and its all you think about then you will I ow that it’s the name meant for your child. That’s exactly how I picked the name for all 3 of my children. I just simply couldn’t stop thinking about it. It fits him so so perfectly.

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Stephanie Pepion Mar 23 at 1:24 pm

We all had a hand in naming our baby Sawyer was choosen as his dad was a lead Sawyer on his job for many years before moving up to a boss and Sage because its sacred to our Native American culture and Lee is after his big sister Leela so his name is Sawyer Sage Lee ?

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Leah Mar 3 at 3:53 pm

It was a name that you don’t see very often…thought about jase, but the oldest is named chase and that could get confusing

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Vallerie Jan 8 at 9:55 am

My boyfriend and I both grew up in the country and we just simply wanted a real southern name for our little bundle of joy.

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Heidi Aug 30 at 8:32 pm

Named after the story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Not as popular as Finn, still has a n adventurous undertone. Routed in old fashioned morals and values. Rom Sawyer was independent/ adventurous, spirited but also kind, honest and loyal.

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Crystal Jun 24 at 5:25 pm

We were looking for something not Super common and fell in love with the name!

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Jennifer Jun 5 at 11:37 am

Our oldest son is Wyatt, a friend suggested it back in 2010 and it wasn’t a common name at all, but now it seems there are Wyatts everywhere. I had only heard it as a last name and of course the famous Wyatt Earp. Our youngest, about to be one, is Sawyer. I love the movie Dolphin Tale and the boy in the movie is Sawyer, and plus I always liked the music by Sawyer Brown when I was a teen. Don’t hear the name too much, as of yet, so thought it was unique.

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Holly Apr 14 at 12:03 pm

Sawyer we got from the show Lost! Loved the depth of character. Our Sawyer is wild and sweet!

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Stephanie Apr 13 at 10:21 pm

I had a feeling I was carrying a boy, though we choose to wait until the birth to find out. We had no boys names picked out, until I heard a song on the radio one day by the Sawyer Brown Band. I fell in love with name and so did my husband! It fits our son perfectly and I love that it’s not a common name!

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- Jennifer Jun 5 at 11:40 am
  
  I love Sawyer Brown!! One of my favorite bands in my teen years.
  
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Bethany Worthington Apr 13 at 12:05 pm

We picked the name Sawyer because of our Irish ancestry on both sides. The name is Celtic. I also liked it because I’m a bookworm: Tom Sawyer. I pictured a little boy having all of these adventures.

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