Shaw (name)

Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given name.

This article is about the British surname. For the Chinese surname more commonly romanized as Shaw, see Shao. For the Chinese surname less commonly romanized as Shaw, see Xiao (surname). For the Scottish Clan, see Clan Shaw of Tordarroch.

British name

The name is of English and Scottish origin. In some cases, the surname is an Americanization of a similar-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.[1] In England and Scotland, the name is a topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket.[1] This name is derived from the Middle English schage, shage, schawe, and shawe, from the Old English sceaga meaning "dweller by the wood".[1][2] The name can also be a habitational name derived from places named after these words. The English surname was established in Ireland during the 17th century. In Scotland and Ireland, the surname can also be an English form of several surnames derived from the Gaelic personal name Sitheach meaning "wolf".[1][3]

People with the given name "Shaw"

People with the surname "Shaw"

A–E

F–O

P–Z
  • Patrick Shaw (diplomat) (1913–1975), Australian diplomat
  • Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841–1917), American philanthropist and social reformer
  • Percy Shaw (1890–1976), British inventor of the cat's-eye reflector for roads
  • Peter Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Prithvi Shaw (born 1999), Indian cricketer
  • Quincy Adams Shaw (1825–1908), American investor and industrialist
  • Reta Shaw (born 1912), American actress
  • Richard G. Shaw (born 1943), first African American insurance commissioner for West Virginia
  • Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912), British architect
  • Robert Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Ronald Shaw (1920–1945), Royal Air Force Corporal during World War II
  • Ruth Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Sam Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Samantha Shaw (born 1957), American politician
  • Samuel Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Sandie Shaw (born 1947), British singer
  • Sebastian Shaw (actor) (1905–1994), British actor
  • Sebastian Francis Shaw (born 1957), Pakistani Catholic priest, 11th Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Simon Shaw (born 1973), English rugby union player
  • Stanford J. Shaw, historian
  • Susan Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Suzanne Shaw (born 1981), British actress and singer
  • Sylvia Shaw Judson (1897–1978), also known as Sylvia Shaw Haskins, American sculptor and teacher
  • T. E. Shaw, pseudonym of T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
  • Tevin Shaw (born 1997), Jamaican footballer
  • Thomas Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Todd Shaw, birth name of American rapper Too Short
  • Tom Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Tommy Shaw (born 1953) American musician (Styx)
  • Toni Shaw (born 2003), British Paralympic swimmer
  • Tony Shaw (born 1960), Australian rules footballer & media personality
  • Vero Shaw (1854–1905), Indian-born English cricketer and Scottish clan chief
  • Watkins Shaw (1911–1996), British musicologist
  • Wayne Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Wilbur Shaw (1902–1954), American race car driver
  • William Arthur Shaw (1865–1943), English historian and archivist
  • Willis R. Shaw (1860–1933), American politician
  • Woody Shaw (1944–1989), American jazz trumpeter
  • Zed Shaw, Canadian writer, software developer and musician

Fictional characters
  • Daniel Shaw, fictional character in the TV series Chuck
  • Deckard, Hattie, Magdalene, and Owen Shaw, from the Fast & Furious film series, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters

Chinese surnames
Main article: Shao

Shaw is a romanization of Chinese: 邵 with various Latinized spellings, including Shaw, Siaw, Siew, Shao, Shiu, Siu, Chow, and Sho.

People by this surname with this spelling

Shaw is also a rare romanization of the simplified Chinese: 萧; traditional Chinese: 蕭, inspired by its use as the transliteration of Shaw for notable figures such as Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and English actor Robert Shaw.

See also

References
  1. "Shaw Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 8 February 2012. Citing: Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
  2. Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 2811. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
  3. MacDonald, E. (1902). Faclair Gàidhlig air son nan Sgoiltean. p. 838.
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