The lawless Surname
lawless Name Meaning and History
Scottish, Irish, and English: nickname for an unbridled and
licentious man, from Middle English laghless, lawelas (a
compound of late Old English lagu ‘law’ (from Old Norse) + the
native suffix -l(e)as ‘without’, ‘lacking’). Reaney suggests
additionally that this name may have referred to an outlaw (i.e. one
from whom the protection of the law had been withdrawn), but this
seems unlikely.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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