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    Sawyer

    SOY-er

    English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Woodcutter; One who saws
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Sawyer does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Woodcutter; One who saws", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Sawyer.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    2000s (0.038% of births), currently rising
    Spiritual meaning
    Sawyer follows the Carpenter — humble hands working, shaping what God grows, the woodcutter whose craft was sanctified by Jesus in the workshop of Nazareth.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Matthew 13:55

      "Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?"

    • Mark 6:3

      "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?"

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