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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Means (i) "person from Alloway, Alloa or Alva", the name of various places in Scotland ("rocky plain"); or (ii) from the medieval male personal name Ailwi (from Old English Æthelwīg, literally "noble battle").
Added 9/27/2013 by babycrookston