Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: Perthshire, Scotland.

Alternate spellings: SAW, SHAW, SHAWE, MACGHILLESHEATHANAICH, and others.

Surnames sharing the RootsWebSoundex Code: SAW, SAWEY, SAY, SCHUH, SEAY, SEE, SHAW, SHAWE, SHAY, SHEA, SHEEHY, SHEHOW, SHEW, SHUEY, SOWA.

Surname variants at GenesReunited: SEAR, SOAR, SAW, SARE, SCAR, SKAR, SAIR, SARR, SAWH, SAWEY, SAWA.

Other Resources

• SAW Family Crest and Name History
• SAW Family Genealogy Forum
• Clan Shaw
• Am Baile - Highland History and Culture - search for Shaw
• RootsWeb Messageboard Saw - see also Sawa, Sawada, Sawade, Sawadske, Sawall, Sawallisch, Saward, Sawatis, Sawatsky
• Linkpendium.com - Saw Family: Surname Genealogy, Family History, Family Tree, Family Crest
• 822 records for SAW within the Debt of Honour Register, Commonwealth War Graves Commission