Wadlow Family History

English: from a lost place in some cases no doubt Wadlow in Toddington (Bedfordshire) which is probably named with the Old English personal name Wada + Old English hlāw ‘mound hill’. Other possibilities include Wadloo Farms in West Wratting (Cambridgeshire) though it is unknown whether this was an inhabited place in the period of surname formation.

The Cambridgeshire placename means ‘look-out hill’ from Old English weard ‘watch protection’ + hlāw. This surname is also found in Suffolk and Norfolk and may be from an unidentified place there.

This name is also perhaps a variant of Wadley.