English
Lawson
* As a Scottish and northern English surname meaning "son of Lawrence," from Lawrence + -son.
Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to bear’
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Proto-Germanic *sunuz
Proto-West Germanic *sunu
Old English sunu
Middle English sonn
English son
Today it means
name An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lawson