Shaw (name)

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This article is about the British surname. For the Chinese surname sometimes romanized as Shaw, see Shao. For another Chinese surname romanized as Shaw, see Xiao (surname). For the Scottish clan, see Clan Shaw of Tordarroch.

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

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[]

  • Pamela Shaw, British neurologist
  • 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
  • Sally Shaw (born 1978), Australian cricketer
  • Sam Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Samantha Shaw (born 1957), American politician
  • Samuel Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Sandie Shaw (born 1947), British singer
  • Sebastian Shaw (disambiguation), several people
  • Simon Shaw (born 1973), English rugby union player
  • Spencer Shaw (1916–2010), American librarian
  • 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")
  • Terrey Shaw (1946–1997), Australian chess master
  • 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
  • Sameen Shaw, fictional character in the TV series Person of Interest
  • Deckard, Hattie, Magdalene, and Owen Shaw, from the Fast & Furious film series, see List of The Fast and the Furious characters
  • Shaw, a character from the animated film Open Season

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[]

  • Quintyne Schaw, makar mentioned in "Lament for the Makaris"
  • Shaw (disambiguation)
  • Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, Scottish clan
  • Shao, Chinese family name also spelled as "Shaw"
  • Shah (surname)
  • Xiao (surname), Chinese family name also spelled as "Shaw"

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "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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