Given name & surname
Law
“from the hill”
Law is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the hill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Law is a diminutive of Lawrence.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Law through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 196 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,466 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,466 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 705 as a first name in 2020; 32,116 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Law’s family of names
In English usage, Law is a diminutive of Lawrence. In English usage, Law shares an earlier linguistic root with Lo. Law has a related form in Lawe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Law
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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