Buglass

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Buglass is a Scottish surname. According to Black’s ‘The Surnames of Scotland’, Buglass derives from the old lands of Booklawes near Melrose, Roxburghshire. An earlier form of spelling is Buke-Lawes, i.e. buck or stag and low ground. Other theories include that the name originates from family/clan colour identification, specifically the Gaelic words Buidhe and Glas (yellow and green respectively) or it is of Norman descent.

Due to the geographical position of Roxburghshire, the Buglass name is also common in northern parts of England, such as Northumberland.