Langshaw (surname)
Langshaw is a locational surname from Dumfriesshire.[1] The name has English origins, meaning "Dweller at the Long Wood", from the Old English words lang and sceaga.[2] Lang- is a common prefix for place names that have become surnames meaning "long", and -shaw is an ending for many such names, meaning "woodland".[3] Langshaw may also be a varient of Longshaw.[4]
Notable people with this surname include:
- John Langshaw (1725–1798), English organist and an organ-builder
- John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960), English philosopher of language
- Maxwell Langshaw (born c. 1941), Australian cyclist
- Phillip Langshaw (born 1938), Australian singer
- Stanley Langshaw (1901–1936), English rugby player
References
- ↑ Barber, Henry (1894). British Family Names. London: Elliot Stock. p. 154.
- ↑ Harrison, Henry; Pulling, Gyða (1912). Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary. Vol. 1. London: Eaton Press. p. 263.
- ↑ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica. A dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith.
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191781797.
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