Sawyer Family History
Sawyer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood from Middle English sauer(e) sauw(i)er also sagh(i)er sag(i)er ‘sawyer’ a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’. Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’ e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ). In some cases also an Americanized form of French Séguin (see Seguin ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022