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)
- A surname, from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lait is the 10437th most common surname in England, belonging to 565 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lait”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN