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Lawson - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Lawson

[ 2 syll. law-son, la-ws-on ] The boy name Lawson is pronounced as LAOSahN KEY. Lawson is an English name of Latin origin. Lawson is a form of the name Laurence (English).

Lawson is somewhat popular as a baby boy name. At the peak of its usage in 1901, 0.019% of baby boys were given the name Lawson. It had a ranking of #402 then. The baby name has markedly declined in popularity since then, and is in recent years of very modest use. In 2008, its usage was only 0.015% and its ranking #703, but it was nonetheless the most commonly used out of all boy names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Lawson include Lakshman (Indian), Lashawn (English), Lochan (Indian), Logan (English and Scottish), Login (English), Lokman (Turkish), Lokni, Lucian (English), Lucjan (Polish), Luken (Basque), Lukyan (Russian), Lasimonne (French), Louison (French), Lucano (Italian), Lucien (French and English), and Luciano (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).

KEY: Pronunciation for Lawson: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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