Quick answer
Sawyer is a boy/girl name meaning "sawer of wood".
Pronunciation: American English /ˈsɔɪ.əɹ/; British English /ˈsɔɪ.ə/.
Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning "sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name.
Notes and context
Usage: english