Waugh Family History
Waugh Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Middle English wale ‘foreigner Britone’ (in a form reflecting the final consonant of Anglian Old English walh) a word applied by the Northumbrians to Strathclyde Britons in the same way that Gaelic Gall was applied by Highlanders to Lowlanders. The word usually denoted speakers of Celtic or Romance languages.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022