Waugh Family History
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Waugh Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: of disputed origin. It is most likely from Old English (Anglian) walh ‘foreign’ (see Wallace), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Strathclyde Britons, who survived as a separate group in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Haugh, Tough, Hugh, Wagg, Hough, Haught, Bough, Haigh, Warth, Waag