Tour Scotland Travel Video Alexander Low Window St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church Birnam Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Low memorial stained glass window in St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to the village of Birnam, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The Low surname has no less that four origins. Firstly, it can be a topographical name for someone who lived near a hill, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century " hlaw ", meaning hill or burial mound. Secondly, it may be a nickname for a short man, deriving from the Middle English " lah ", low or short. Thirdly, it may be from a nickname for a crafty person, deriving from the Anglo-Norman French " lou, leu ", meaning " wolf ", originally from the Latin " lupus ". Finally, it may be a pet form of the personal name " Lawrence ", coming from the Middle English and Old French given name " Lorens, Laurence ", itself deriving from the Latin Lurentius meaning " man from Laurentum ", a town in Italy probably named from it's laurels or bay trees. The surname dates back to the early 13th Century.

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