Släkthistoria för Foulis
Foulis Vad efternamn betyder
from Fowlis (Angus) or less commonly from Fowlis Wester in Strathearn (Perths). The place-names are recorded respectively in the names of Thor de Foules 1165–70 below and of Isachar capellanus de foglais c. 1208 in Inchaffray Charters . Both are from Gaelic foghlais ‘small stream rivulet’ literally ‘sub-stream’ from fo- ‘under sub-’ + glais ‘stream burn’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
