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Surname Etymology and Meaning of LACE

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’, probably denoting someone with silver-gray hair. Compare Glass.
2. English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of cord and string, from Middle English lace ‘cord’ (Old French laz, las).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)