The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Leathlobhair“descendant of Leathlobhar”
- English todayLawler
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.