Given name & surname · also Old English

Lothian

Lothian is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lothian comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English Loðene, from Proto-Brythonic *Lugudūniānā, from Proto-Celtic *lutā.

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People named Lothian

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Similar names

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Old English

Longdon

“long”

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Old English

Lushington

“to trap” · “woodland pasture”

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Old English

Longbottom

“long”

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Celtic

Llywelyn

Llywelyn is a masculine given name, possibly from Old Welsh, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Welsh.

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Old English

Lamerton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Longfield

“long”

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Old English

Lowbridge

“mountain, hill”

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Old English

Lissington

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

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Sibling ideas

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