The name Shaw is a girl's name of English origin meaning "lives by the thicket".

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Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.

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The name Shaw peaked for girls at #8462 in 1969. Shaw is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

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The name Shaw is a boy's name of English origin meaning "dweller by the wood".

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With the current taste for last names first, this sounds a lot cooler than Shawn; it also has creative connections to the great Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw, novelist Irwin Shaw, and Big Band Era clarinetist/bandleader and one-time Ava Gardner husband Artie Shaw.
<br/><br/>Since Shaw, like all the other names in this book, has never appeared in the Top 1000, a boy given this name could really make it his own.


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The name Shaw peaked for boys at #1742 in 1974. The name is most popular in California. Shaw is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

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