Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Sawyer
/SOY · er/
Meaning
“Wood cutter”
English occupational surname from the Middle English saghiere, a wood-cutter; Tom Sawyer gave it literary Americana and it broke into the top 100 as a given name in the US in the 2000s.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels current and masculine-leaning; occupational surname names are trending strongly and this one ages well.
The cultural moment.
Rising sharply in the US from the mid-2000s onward; currently in the top 100 and still climbing.