Taw Family History

English (Hampshire): habitational name from the name of the River Taw (Devon). The river name may derive from a British word based on the Indo-European root ta- tə- ‘melt flow’.

Burmese (Karen): from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name which is interpreted as ‘true honest’ and also from a variant of the personal name Htaw with various possible meanings (including ‘tall long’).

— Note: Since Karens do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.