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Medieval fantasy: d20 System: 2003 A giant-dominated setting; created by Monte Cook and first published in 2003. Arcanis: the World of Shattered Empires: Medieval fantasy: The continent of Onara on the Planet of Arcanis d20 System, Arcanis rules system, 5ed D&D Paradigm Concepts: 2001–Present Focuses on moral ambiguity and politics Ars Magica
Several surnames have multiple spellings; this is sometimes due to unrelated families bearing the same surname. A single surname in either language may have multiple translations in the other. In some English translations of the names, the M(a)c- prefix may be omitted in the English, e.g. Bain vs MacBain, Cowan vs MacCowan, Ritchie vs MacRitchie.
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Name Other names Earliest appearance Works featured in Description Accolon: Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s Morgan le Fay's love Aglovale† Agloval, Sir Aglovale de Galis The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis, The Once and Future King: King Pellinore's eldest son Agravain† Agravaine Lancelot-Grail, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Once and Future King
Not until the time of his grandsons and great-grandsons was the name O'Brien used as a surname, used to denote descent from an illustrious ancestor. It has for some three hundred years been written as O ', but in recent years the apostrophe is often dropped, bringing it into line with early medieval forms. The apostrophe came into existence as ...
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Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.. The main types of Slavic names: . Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk), *slavъ (Vladislav, Dobroslav, Vseslav) and their derivatives (Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata, etc.)
Of the large number of medieval Germanic names, a comparatively small set remains in common use today. For almost a thousand years, the most frequent name of Germanic origin in the English-speaking world has traditionally been William (from the Old High German Willahelm ), followed by Robert , Richard and Henry .