Shaw means multiple things including small wood or thicket from Old English sceaga, surname of English Scottish and Irish origin, Gaelic meaning wolf or admirable, and slang meaning sure or sexy, with various meanings depending on context. As English word, shaw means small wood, copse, thicket, or grove, from Old English sceaga meaning small wood, used in place names like Shaw, meaning dweller by wood. As surname, Shaw is English, Scottish, and Irish surname, Scottish clan Shaw part of Clan Chattan, Irish Anglicization of O Seaghdha meaning descendant of Seaghdha, with Gaelic meaning wolf or admirable. As company, Shaw means Shaw Communications, Canadian telecom now owned by Rogers, providing internet and cable in Western Canada. In slang and Urban Dictionary, shaw means sure, yes, okay, from Jamaican Patois pronunciation of sure, as in fa shaw meaning for sure, and also means sexy or hot, or shawty meaning girlfriend. In Gaelic, Shaw means wolf or admirable from Seaghdha. So what does shaw mean depends on context, with primary dictionary meaning small wood or thicket, surname meaning descendant of wolf or admirable, telecom company, and slang meaning sure or sexy.
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