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Wardlaw is a first name and surname of Scottish origin.

Wardlaw loosely translates to "watcher of the hill". The original Wardlaws resided in the Scottish Highlands, hence "watch of the hill," where as Wardlows resided in the Scottish Lowlands.

The modern placenames of Wardlaw stem from the old English combination of watch and mound hill. Those being weard ‘watch’ + hlāw ‘mound hill’. Other representations of Wardlaw throughout history are "Geard-hlaw", and "Wardelaue".

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