De-Anglicisation of Names

[bubba]

One thing to keep in mind using the profiler is Scots have been migrating south to work for quite some time.

[gilmore]

One thing to keep in mind using the profiler is Scots have been migrating south to work for quite some time.

That's certainly true, but nevertheless it is impressive how little people had moved from their ancestral areas by 1881, at least compared to Americans of 2006.

Take a look at the distributions for Campbell, Douglas, Stewart, MacPherson or other Scots names. By far, most of them were still in Scotland, even in 1998.

Or look at Jones, Prichard, Williams, or Reese. Of those 4, only Reese had much of any distribution outside of Wales in 1881, or the counties bordering it in 1998.

[sharpdressedscot]

I haven't seen it in here, have you done Scott??

[slohairt]

I haven't seen it in here, have you done Scott??

SCOTT Obviously this name is common in the North of England as well, where it would denote someone whose ancestors travelled over the border. Originally, in Lowland Scotland, this surname would have referred to someone of Gaelic origin or someone who spoke the language, after it disappeared from general use in the Lowlands. It should be remembered that is was later that the term Scot came to refer to the Anglic (Lallans) tongue spoken in that region. At that time, it would have been called Inglis.

A Scottish Gaelic 'translation' of the name would be Albannach or Mac an Albannaich (if you prefer a patronymic). The Irish would be Albanach or Mac an Albanaigh.