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Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 700 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Irish-language surnames" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Blondel (surname)
Pages in category "Anglicised Irish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 437 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
E – "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello) [citation needed] Fitz – ( Irish , from Norman French ) "son of", from Latin " filius " meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [ citation needed ]
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
During the "Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names Saoirse "freedom" and Aisling "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán.
It should only contain pages that are Irish-language masculine surnames or lists of Irish-language masculine surnames, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Irish-language masculine surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .