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This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Scottish Gaelic English Ref Note; Iagan Used in certain areas, such as Barra, and South Uist. [49] Said to be a diminutive form of SG Iain; [49] others say it is a diminutive form of SG Aodh [19] (note that these two Gaelic names are not etymologically related). Iain John, Iain, Ian, Jock, Jack [49] SG form of En Ian, which is a Scottish form ...
Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán. Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a ...
Due to the relative paucity of names and surnames in Gaelic, the official name of a person (i.e. first name plus a surname, in Gaelic or English/Scots) is rarely used in Gaelic speaking communities as, with a small number of surnames usually predominating in an area, there are usually several people who go by the same combination, for example ...
Murray (surname) Murray (listen ⓘ) (Irish: Ó Muirí) [1] is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb (or Moreb); the b here was pronounced as v, hence the Latinization to Moravia.
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Examples of Scottish surnames derived from nicknames are: Little; White; and Meikle (which means "big"). One of the most common Scottish surnames is Campbell, which is derived from the Gaelic Caimbeul, meaning "crooked-mouth". [13] Another common Scottish surname is Armstrong, which means the son of a strong man.
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