In Gaelic, Shaw means wolf or thicket, derived from Gaelic surname Seaghdha or Sitheach, meaning wolf or from shaw meaning small wood or thicket, with Scottish and Irish origins. Shaw as Gaelic surname comes from Scottish Gaelic Seaghdha, which means admirable or hawk-like, or from Sitheach meaning wolf, and also from Irish Gaelic O Seaghdha meaning descendant of Seaghdha, with Seaghdha meaning hawk or admirable. In Scottish Gaelic, Shaw clan is part of Clan Chattan, with name Shaw meaning descendant of wolf, as sitheach means wolf in Gaelic. In English, shaw also means small wood or thicket, from Old English sceaga meaning copse, which influenced Gaelic usage in place names. In Irish, Shaw is Anglicized form of O Seaghdha, meaning descendant of Seaghdha, with Seaghdha meaning hawk-like or admirable. So Shaw in Gaelic means wolf or thicket or admirable, depending on origin, with Scottish clan Shaw motto Fide et fortitudine meaning by fidelity and fortitude, and Shaw tartan representing clan. So meaning in Gaelic is wolf or thicket or admirable, with surname history dating to 13th century Scotland and Ireland.
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