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Paisley is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name derived from the surname. [1] The name is rising in popularity in English speaking countries such as the United States, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls since 2006 and has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in recent years.
Paisley Park, a record label owned by the musician Prince; also the name of his estate Paisley Terrier , a breed of dog, ancestor of the Yorkshire Terrier Paisley Underground , a style of 1960s influenced music, usually associated with the 1980s Los Angeles music scene
Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1890–1900.. Formerly and variously known as Paislay, [3] Passelet, Passeleth, and Passelay [4] the burgh's name is of uncertain origin; some sources suggest a derivation either from the Brittonic word pasgill, "pasture", or from the Cumbric basaleg, "basilica", (i.e. major church), derived from the Greek βασιλική basilika.
In some cases, surname changes are allowed if the person receives a decree, or certificate of change, from the Lord Lyon King of Arms; or if certain certified wills, settlements, or deeds of trust, contain conditions where a person must take a surname different from the one which they were registered at birth; or when a male has married and ...
The surname is derived from the historic lands of Ralston located just east of Paisley, Renfrewshire. The name is a condensed version of "Ralph's Town", which over time softened into the spelling of today. The personal name Ralph is a diminutive of Randolph, which itself comes from the old English Raedwlf, meaning "cunning wolf". [3]
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Morrow is an anglicized surname of Irish or Scottish origins. [1 ... Thomas Morrow, abbot of Paisley between 1418 and 1444, [11] Duncan Morrow, witness to an ...
Cochrane is a surname with multiple independent origins, two Scottish and one Irish. One of the Scottish names derives from a place in Scotland; the Irish surname and the other Scottish surname are both anglicisations of surnames from the Irish language and Scottish Gaelic respectively.