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Laud Surname Origin
From the same root as loud, widely celebrated, Latin, laus. laudis, praise; Welsh, clod; Gaelic or Irish, cloth; German, laut.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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A Laud Family History Thought:
'People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.' --Edmund Burke