LOST fans: WDYT of Sawyer for a boy?

erinlovesdavid

The meaning of Sawyer is "wood worker," which would be a fun way to honor our dads, who are both wood workers, without overtly naming a baby after one or both of them.

After googling it, though, I found out that Sawyer was/is a character on LOST.  I don't watch the show and never have...I'm wondering if the association causes a positive, negative or neutral association for you?

I know that if I like it, then I should just use it, but I do care about what other people are going to think, to an extent.  TIA!

braveangel2

Well I was going to say I'd avoid it, but you have an awesome reason to use it, so there goes my theory.

And there was a poster who has a Jack and a Sawyer and never watched the show.

krissyh21

I love the name Sawyer, H didn't so we didn't name our son that.

You may get a few "Are you a Lost fan" questions, but I get that about Dillon too (Matt Dillon/Bob Dylan). People think they are being clever. I do think in a few years that will die since the show is ending on Sunday. 

As for the character Sawyer - he is a good guy and quite the ladies man. Nothing but positive as far as association goes towards the character name.  

lilmgirl

Lost fan here and I do like the name Sawyer.    Just keep in mind you might get questions if that is who he's named after because it is such a popular show for our generation.

scoutkate

He's a favorite character for a LOT of Lost fans.  Which is a good thing in that it is a good connotation for the name, but a bad thing in that the character will be the first thing many people think of when they hear the name.  When I hear of babies named Sawyer, I automatically think the parents got the name from Lost--which I realize is not always the case, it's just my first thought. 

jez_girl

Love the name, love the show, love the character! (I'm only in season 2, so he's still the misunderstood, charismatic bad boy to me, but it's still a positive association. No spoilers, please!)

evenstar622

Huge LOST fan here. ?And I love the name Sawyer. ?I wouldn't name my child that because I don't have the excellent reason that you do (and my DH would just laugh because he would know that the idea for me came from LOST). ?But I really like your reasoning.

Nothing bad about Sawyer the character. ?I really like him. ?He is the gorgeous bad boy, who pretends to be bad but really isn't. :0)?

ucpinky

The Sawyer character is awesome, however technically his name is James. He only took the name Sawyer (the alias of the con man who caused his parent's murder-suicide) so he would never stray from the path to avenge their death.

I think it's a cool name, and if you love it you should use it! Just thought you should know how it relates to the show.

 

HappyMrsK

I am a HUGE Lost fan, and Sawyer is kinda a darker-bad a$$ character if you will. I think of it as a positive association. FYI: The Sawyer character on lost is a con man before the plane crash.

It's funny because a lot of the names I like, happen to be names of Lost characters like Kate, Jack, Ben, Michael, Walt, Ana, Libby, Charlie, Rose, Miles, and the Sawyer character's real name on the show James. 

ToBeMrsT

love LOST

love the name Sawyer

ucpinky

I forgot to mention that we're naming DS Jacob despite the fact that he may or may not turn out to be a big Lost bad guy.

Calabaza78

Sawyer is definitely one of the best characters on LOST, and he's actually made me like the name, which I probably wouldn't have otherwise.  He has great dimples! 

Canes26

We are naming DS#2 Sawyer Alan! Alan is after my dad and I heard the name from lost and liked it a lot. We are not lost fans though. I have told a few people what we are naming him and no one has asked if its from Lost. I also really liked the way it sounds with out DS#1 Ryder. So we will have a Ryder and Sawyer!!

swilker

Have no clue about the show but I love the name.  I know a teenager named Sawyer and he is really cool and funny.

kathleen02

Not reading the replies but I love Sawyer in Lost...he's hot but he's kind of a bad guy turned good. I don't think there is any negative connotations to this name/character.

jastl32

I am a Lostie and love the name Sawyer. I say go for it and not because I love the show. 

Here's the thing...at least from what my mom told me...most of our parents used names from Soap Operas. That's why certain names were SO popular (like Jennifer way back when).

So, it doesn't really bother me to think someone got a name from a t.v. show...even if you didn't.

There are a ton of Olivia's on t.v. now. I love names from the show Private Practice (Lucas and Cooper being two of them). I'd never not use them just because they were on a popular t.v. show.  

BabyBurns

HappyMrsK:

I am a HUGE Lost fan, and Sawyer is kinda a darker-bad a$$ character if you will. I think of it as a positive association. FYI: The Sawyer character on lost is a con man before the plane crash.

It's funny because a lot of the names I like, happen to be names of Lost characters like Kate, Jack, Ben, Michael, Walt, Ana, Libby, Charlie, Rose, Miles, and the Sawyer character's real name on the show James. 

Ditto this! Our top boy name has always been Jack. Other top names are Kate (we call DD Audrey Cate), Claire, James, Charlie, and Ben. Good, classic names!  

jessiesnwbrd

I love this! It was on my list until I paired it with our last name (Brown)...don't think I'll name my kiddo after a country singer...I also thought about Charlotte for a girl, with the nickname Charlie...but er, the Brown last name stopped that one in it's tracks.