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Women may wear a crest badge as a brooch to pin a sash of their clan tartan at the right shoulder of their gown or blouse. Female clan chiefs, chieftains, or the wives of clan chiefs normally wear a tartan sash pinned at their left shoulder. Today, Scottish crest badges are commonly used by members of Scottish clans.
Clan MacKinnon (Scottish Gaelic: Clann MhicFhionghain [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ vĩçˈkʲiŋɣɛn]) is a Highland Scottish clan from the islands of Mull and Skye, in the Inner Hebrides. Popular tradition gives the clan a Dalriadic Gaelic origin.
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.
Lineage of the seven clans of Siol Alpin. Siol Alpin (from Gaelic, Sìol Ailpein: Seed of Alpin) is a family of seven Scottish clans traditionally claiming descent from Alpin, [1] father of Cináed mac Ailpín, King of the Picts, of whom the Scots tradition considered the first King of Scots. [2]
Robert Scott, fifth of Buccleuch succeeded to the family estates in 1402 after his father, Walter, was killed in battle. [3] In 1420 he acquired half of the lands of Branxholme, consolidating the family estates. [3] He was active in supporting the Crown in the struggle to suppress the power of the Clan Douglas. [3]
Iziduko (pl.) in Xhosa [1] are family names that are considered more important than surnames among Xhosa people. [2] [3] Many Xhosa persons can trace their family history back to a specific male ancestor or stock. Mentioning the clan name of someone is the highest form of respect, and it is considered polite to enquire after someone's clan name ...
Clan Macpherson having supported the Jacobite rising of 1715, General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 220 men. [7] Chief Euan Macpherson of Cluny was a notable leader in the Jacobite rising of 1745 and fought at the Clifton Moor Skirmish .
Mongolian clan name, a portion of a Mongolian name; Roman clan name, a common element of Latin names, usually the second name following the praenomen and before the cognomen; Scottish clan, a geographically-based system of family groupings (and, historically, of government) in Scotland; Xhosa clan name, a respectful way of referring to a Xhosa ...