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I suppose I should ask you to go to the surnames board for this -- but since I have my Hanks & Hodges Dictionary of Surnames handy, I can tell you that Lawlor is an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of O Leathlobhair, based on the personal name Leathlobar, comprised of the words leath, "half" and lobar, "sick". This may have originally been a nickname for someone with an unhealthy look about him.

This message was edited 10/10/2007, 2:54 PM