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Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given 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 in 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"
- Shaw Clifton (born 1945), 18th General of The Salvation Army
- Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940), British writer on art and architecture
People with the surname "Shaw"
A–E
- Aaron Shaw (piper), American bagpipe player
- Aaron Shaw (representative) (1811–1887), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Adam Shaw (journalist), British business journalist and presenter
- Adam Shaw (painter) (born 1957), American painter
- A. G. L. Shaw (1916–2012), Australian historian
- Alfred Shaw (1842–1907), English cricketer
- Amos F. Shaw, American politician
- Andrew Shaw (ice hockey) (born 1991), NHL player (Montreal Canadiens)
- Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919), American suffragette
- A. R. Shaw (1922–2013), American educator and politician
- Archie Shaw (1922–1985), Scottish footballer
- Artie Shaw (1910–2004), American bandleader
- Ashley Shaw (born 1991), English cricketer
- For people with the name Bernard Shaw, see Bernard Shaw (disambiguation)
- Bill Kennedy Shaw (1901–1979), British army captain, explorer
- Bill Shaw (footballer, born 1886) (born 1886), Scottish footballer
- Billy Shaw (born 1938), American football player
- For people with the name Bob or Robert Shaw, see Robert Shaw (disambiguation)
- Brewster H. Shaw (born 1945), retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former NASA astronaut
- Brian Shaw (born 1966), former NBA basketball player
- Caroline Shaw (born 1982), American Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer
- Charles Thurstan Shaw (1914–2013), English archaeologist
- Clay Shaw (1913–1974), charged by Jim Garrison with conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy
- Cliff Shaw, computer programmer
- Daniel Shaw, fictional character in the TV series Chuck
- David Shaw (disambiguation), several people
- Donald Douglas Shaw (1834–1859), New York assemblyman-elect
- Esther Popel Shaw (1896–1958), Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
F–O
- Fiona Shaw (born 1958), Irish actress who plays Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films
- Frank L. Shaw (1887–1958), former mayor of Los Angeles, California
- Frankie Shaw (born 1986), American actress
- Frederick H. Shaw (1864–1924), British Citizen who had a prominent role in the creation of the Spanish Institute of Provision, 1908
- Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet from 1869, (1799–1876), Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament
- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright
- George Shaw (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist
- George C. Shaw, US soldier decorated for gallantry in the Philippine–American War in 1903
- Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1934) (1934–1998), former Sheffield United footballer
- Henry Shaw (philanthropist) (1800–1889), English-American philanthropist
- Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818–1895), "Josh Billings," American humorist
- Herman Shaw (1892–1950), English geophysicist and museum director
- Irwin Shaw (1913–1984), American playwright, screenwriter and author
- JR Shaw (born 1934), Canadian businessman
- Jane Shaw (born 1963) Anglican/Episcopalian priest (England and United States)
- Jane E. Shaw American businesswoman
- Jane S. Shaw American free-market environmentalist
- Joe Shaw (footballer, born 1928) (born 1928), former Sheffield United footballer
- For people with the name John, see John Shaw (disambiguation)
- For people with the name Jonathan, see Jonathan Shaw (disambiguation)
- Julia Shaw (cyclist) (born 1965), British physicist and racing cyclist
- Julia Shaw (psychologist) (born 1987), Canadian psychologist
- L. M. Shaw (1848–1932), American banker and politician, Secretary of the Treasury
- Leander J. Shaw, Jr. (1930-2015), American jurist
- Lemuel Shaw (1781–1861), American jurist
- Leslie Shaw, (born 1989), Peruvian model and singer
- Lindsey Shaw (born 1989), co-star of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- Luke Shaw (born 1995), English footballer
- María Pía Shaw, Argentine journalist
- Martin Shaw (born 1945), English actor
- Marlena Shaw (born 1943), American singer
- Melville J. Shaw (1872–1927), Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
- Naman Shaw, Indian television actor
- Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
- Oscar Shaw (1887–1967), American actor and singer
P–Z
- Patrick Shaw (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
- For people with the name Peter or Pete Shaw, see Peter Shaw (disambiguation)
- 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
- For people with the name Bob or Robert Shaw, see Robert Shaw (disambiguation)
- Ronald Shaw (1920–1945), Royal Air Force Corporal during World War II
- Runme Shaw (1901–1985), Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist
- Run Run Shaw (1907–2014), Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist
- Sam Shaw (disambiguation), several people
- Samantha Shaw (born 1957), American politician
- 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
- For people named Susan Shaw, see Susan Shaw (disambiguation)
- 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")
- For people named Thomas Shaw, see Thomas Shaw (disambiguation)
- For people named Tom Shaw, see Tom Shaw (disambiguation)
- Tommy Shaw (born 1953) American musician (Styx)
- Tony Shaw (born 1960), former 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
- Woody Shaw (1944–1989), American jazz trumpeter
- Zed Shaw, writer, software developer and musician
See also
- Quintyne Schaw, makar mentioned in "Lament for the Makaris"
- Shaw (disambiguation)
- Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, Scottish clan
- Shao, Chinese family name
- Shah (surname)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Shaw Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 8 February 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ↑ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 2811. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
- ↑ MacDonald, E. (1902) Faclair Gàidhlig air son nan Sgoiltean p. 838
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