De-Anglicisation of Names

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Dia Dhuit, A Leon Baineann Dhearg! (Red Lioness)

BEATY This is a diminutive of Bartholomew. It's a Lowland Scots name and therefore Ulster-Scots (or Scotch-Irish as some Americans say) too probably. I don't actually know if there's a Gaelic form of Bartholomew. I do know that Parlan was historically used in Ireland and Scotland as an equivalent, even though it's not really. This gives us the Scottish name Mac Pharlain...anglicised MacFarlane!

VAUGHAN 99% of the time this is Welsh. It's original Welsh form would be Ap Fychan meaning son of the little. The other 1% of the time it can be an Anglicisation of the Irish name Ó Mhócháin (pronounced OH VOEKH-AWN) meaning descended from Móchán = early one.