Greenlaw (surname)

Last updated January 08, 2026

Greenlaw is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a green hill."^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Dre Greenlaw (born 1997), American football player
Edwin Greenlaw (1874–1931), American scholar and educator
Frank Howard Greenlaw, Canadian politician
Jeff Greenlaw (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), English poet and writer
Linda Greenlaw (born 1960), American writer

Fictional characters:

Delphi Greenlaw, character in the soap opera Shortland Street

References

↑ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 52. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.

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[theorigin52-1] Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 52. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.

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