Law
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hill or mound.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Law by the numbers
Law was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Law. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Law, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)