English
Waugh
Waugh may come from Old English wealh ‘foreign’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wealhas walh‘foreign’uncertain
- EnglishtodayWaugh
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wealhas walh‘foreign’uncertain
- EnglishtodayWaugh
The story
Probably from Old English walh (‘foreign’), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.
Every English word from Old English wealh
Today it means
name A surname from Old English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English wealh / Waugh