Sawyer Name Meaning & Origin
Sawyer
Pronunciation: SOY-er, SAW-yer (key)
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- Nicknames for Sawyer
All his friends and teachers call our Sawyer, Soy Sauce
Soybean (My best friend's little sister is named Sawyer and they call her Soybean)
SawbugMy little Sawyer (boy) is often called SoyBoy and Soyster Cracker.
We nicknamed our nephew "Sawyer the Destroyer"
We call my little man Soy Sauce :)
Sometimes people like to call me soil
- Meanings and history of the name Sawyer
For more background, refer to this Baby Name Wizard blog on the name Sawyer: http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2010/5/name-spotlight-sawyer
- Famous real-life people named Sawyer
Sawyer Sweeten, one of the twin boys from "Everybody Loves Raymond"
Sawyer Spielberg, son of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
Sawyer Hartman, YouTube personality
Sawyer Steven Yount (b. 2010), son of American journalist Erica Hill- Sawyer in song, story & screen
Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer"
TV "Lost" character James Sawyer
Peyton's daughter on "One Tree Hill"
Artist in "The Devil In The Junior League" by Linda Francis Lee
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Sexy?
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Friendly?
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Creative?
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Strong?
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In form, Sawyer fits with preppy surnames like Parker and Spencer, but its spirit is freer. The immortal Tom Sawyer lends the name a warm heart and an eye for mischief. This name was something of a hidden treasure for years, but a character on the tv series "Lost" raised its profile.
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