Shaw (English)

Where does "Shaw" come from?

The English surname and placename Shaw comes directly from the noun 'shaw'[1], meaning a small wood or copse.

Full etymology tree

• Shaw (English), 'An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.'
  • derived shaw (English), 'A thicket; a small wood or grove.'

Descendants and derived words

• Shaw alphabet (English)
• Shaw and Crompton (English)
• Shawbridge (English)
• Shaw Cross (English)
• Shaw cum Donnington (English)
• Shaw Mayer's astrapia (English)
• Shaw's agave (English)
• Shawswick (English)
• shawii (Translingual)

Related words

• wood (English)

Sources

1. Shaw (English) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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