Is Lawes a Scottish Name?

Last name: Lawes
Recorded in the spellings of Law, Laws and Lawes, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname. ... The surname is also widespread in Scotland where there are ten or more places named with the above element, and consequently the surname may be locational as well as topographic in origin.

Where does the name Lawes originate?

lawes is a topographic name, and it comes from the Old English word, hlaw, which means hill.

Is given a Scottish name?

Early Origins of the Given family

The surname Given was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow.

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