Saw Family History

English (Buckinghamshire and Middlesex): nickname either for a sawyer or for someone who made or sold saws from Middle English sau(e) ‘saw’ (Old English sagu). Compare Sawyer.

Indian (Uttar Pradesh): Vaishya name from an altered form of Sanskrit sadhu ‘gentle good honest’. Compare Sahu Sawh.

Burmese: from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name from saw ‘honourable’. — Note: Since Burmese do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

As a surname of Burmese origin possibly also from a Karen form of address for an adult man similar to English ‘mister’. — Note: This title is not used as a personal name in Burma but in the US it might have been in some cases registered (or counted in the census data) as a surname.

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 蕭 (or 肖) see Xiao. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 蘇 see Su.