Lait

See also: lait, làit, and läit

English

Etymology

From Old Norse hlað (“pile, stack; barn”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a barn.

Proper noun

Lait (plural Laits)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lait is the 10437^th most common surname in England, belonging to 565 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lait”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.