Updated June 9, 2019 Find Baby Names Boy name origins & meanings Middle English : WoodsmanWelsh : Carpenter Boy name variations Sawyer Sawyer - 10% this year Neutral Common READ MORE DETAILS Saw Saw - 11% this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Sayer Sayer + 33% this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Sayre Sayre + 20% this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Sayres Sayres 0 % this year Masculine Rare READ MORE DETAILS Family name origins & meanings English : patronymic from Sayer 1. This English name is also well established in Ireland.Irish : Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Saoghair (see Sears).