Dawson comes from the English surname meaning "Son of David."
LaPointe is a French surname which originally came from a nickname for a soldier-- so I suppose that you could translate it as "Soldier."
Bruce Lapointe's birth name is Bruce Lapointe.
Jack Lapointe's birth name is Jacques Lapointe.
Boby Lapointe's birth name is Lapointe, Robert.
Christina LaPointe's birth name is Christina Burns.
Dawson is an English name meaning "son of Daw" so England
It doesn't have a meaning in Irish. It is an English surname.
Dawson - name meaning, originThe boy's name Dawson \da(w)-son\ is pronounced DAW-sun. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Dawson is "son of David". A form of the medieval surname.Dawson has 3 variant forms: Daw, Dawe and Dawes.For more information, see also the related name David.Baby names that sound like Dawson are Dayson and Dowson.Dawson is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#307 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name Dawson.Compare Dawson with its variant forms and related boy names.
Cristy Dawson's birth name is Christine Dawson.
Louise Portal's birth name is Louise Lapointe.
Dawson Dunbar's birth name is Dawson Dakota Dunbar.
Andre Dawson's birth name is Andre Nolan Dawson.
Buck Dawson's birth name is William Forrest Dawson.