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In the Cornish language, ultimately a language linked to Welsh and Breton, the prefix 'map' may have been used, as in Welsh, to indicate the relationship of father to son, this later becoming "ap" (as in NW Breton area, Leon dialect, Breton WP) and then finally the "p" alone being prefixed to the name, e.g. (m)ap Richard becoming "Pri(t)chard ...
The surname Duff is also sometimes a short form of Duffin (when of Gaelic origin), and MacElduff (from Mac Giolla Duibh), and Duffy (a name with multiple origins). [1] The Gaelic dubh ("black", "dark") is a word-element which forms a part of several Gaelic names. [1] Le Duff is the gallicized variant of the Breton surname An Du which means The ...
This is an incomplete list of some Breton people of note and of some notable individuals born in Brittany, alphabetically within categories. Brittany ( Breizh in Breton) is a Celtic nation of northwestern France and has contributed famous names to all walks of life.
Many surnames of Gaelic origin in Ireland and the other Celtic nations derive from ancestors' names, nicknames, or descriptive names. In the first group can be placed surnames such as MacMurrough and MacCarthy, derived from patronymics , or O'Brien and O'Grady, derived from ancestral names.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...