Quote Originally Posted by TimC View Post
Got time for one more? Christopher...(from Christie perhaps?) I know my great grandfather came over in the mid 1800's and listed the point of origin as Glasgow but not many Christophers running around in Scotland these days.

On my mother's side, Allander, believed to have origianlly been Allen but changed for some reason after the third child arrived according to the 1881 (?) census.

-Tim
Dia Dhuit, A Thiom,

CHRISTOPHER/CHRISTIE: Christopher can occasionally be a "translation" of Mac Gille Chriosd (pronounced MAC GILL-A CREEST) which means son of the servant of Christ. Christie, however, is a Lowland Scots pet form of Christopher. It gave rise to one patronymic, Mac Chriosdaidh (pronounced MAC CRIST-AY)

ALLANDER: Allander is a river in Scotland, so one could probably assume the name is topographical in origin. The etymology of Allander is apparently a hybrid of Gaelic and Brythonic (akin to Welsh). Alltan Dwr roughly translates as little stream of water.

Allen, on the other hand, if Scottish, is anglicised from Mac Ailein (pronounced MAC AL-IN).