Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English, Scottish Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 6/16/2007 by Cleveland Rock Edited 5/5/2019 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History Means "hedged meadow". It comes from the English word haw, meaning "hedge", and Saxon word leg, meaning "meadow". The first name HAWLEY has the same meaning.