shillinglaw is my surname any ideas where it comes from
2007-02-01 02:46:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Did you ask your family?
2007-02-01 02:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
Shillinglaw
Scottish: habitational name from Shillinglaw in Peeblesshire. The first element is unexplained; the second element is presumably Northern Middle English law ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
2007-02-02 03:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Surname DB' says the surname is Scottish from Shillinglaw, Peeblesshire. 'Behind the Name' does not have a listing.
2007-02-01 02:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by dlpm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=shilling
Your name is a variation of shilling, congrats
2007-02-03 09:13:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋