The mowatt Surname
mowatt Name Meaning and History
- from a medieval female personal name, Mohaut, a variant of Mau(l)d (see Mould).
- occupational name for an official in charge of communal pasture land, Middle English moward, maward, from Old English mawe ‘meadow’ + weard ‘guardian’ (see Ward 1).
- habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Mon(t)haut, from Old French mont ‘hill’ (see Mont 1) + haut ‘high’ (Latin altus).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| William Mowatt, 1878, Glasgow | Rich Nichols | 6 |
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| David W. MOWATT (1827-1902), Lumberman - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH |
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| mowatt's from Kincardshire.scotland |
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