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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 .
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne.
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)
When a fada appears over an i at the end of a name, it always sounds like “een.” Witness the transformative power of the fada in the Irish version of the name Maureen: Máirín. They’re ...
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 .
The Irish Gaelic Ó Comáin or Ó Cuimín, [1] (reduced from Mac Comáin, Mac Cuimín; the prefix signifies "descendant") is the origin of many Irish surnames, rooted in an early medieval chiefdom and associated with two patron saints of Ireland.
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.
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 .