as a Last Name
- 16,070
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Lawler
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Ulster, Leinster, and Kerry): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Leathlobhair ‘descendant of Leathlobhar’, a personal name composed of the elements leath ‘half’ (i.e. ‘somewhat’, ‘fairly’) and lobar ‘leprous’, ‘sick’. The name seems to have been originally a byname for a man of unhealthy constitution.
| 2,294th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,070
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Lawler per capita
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