De-Anglicisation of Names

**slohairt** · 15th October 07, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan

A fascinating thread---many thanks. Would you care to take on McLaughlin (County Longford) and Isbell (allegedly Lowland)?

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A Iain,

MCLAUGHLIN This is an anglicisation of Mac Lochlainn, meaning son of Lochlann. Lochlann is a personal name denoting one of Viking descent.

ISBELL Can't help you here I'm afraid.

A Gaelic transliteration (for amusement) could be Iosbael.

**Ian.MacAllan** · 9th December 07, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by slohairt

A Iain,

MCLAUGHLIN This is an anglicisation of Mac Lochlainn, meaning son of Lochlann. Lochlann is a personal name denoting one of Viking descent.

ISBELL Can't help you here I'm afraid.

A Gaelic transliteration (for amusement) could be Iosbael.

Having pondered this reply for a few days, my wife suddenly said, "Papa said his people came to America from Scotland, but he never said they were Scottish. The family name is Spanish, associated with Isabel." Apparently there were no direect Spain-to-America flights in those days. Score: two for slohairt.

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**sharpdressedscot** · 9th December 07, 12:19 PM

I haven't looked throught the entire thread, so I'm not sure if you have done this one, but here it is: Kane

It's supposedly means "son of a warrior," but I think that's somewhat of a loose translation, the name derives from the gaelic word for war, I think it was "cahan," though I'm not quite sure. Was this angelicised?

**slohairt** · 9th December 07, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot

I haven't looked throught the entire thread, so I'm not sure if you have done this one, but here it is: Kane

It's supposedly means "son of a warrior," but I think that's somewhat of a loose translation, the name derives from the gaelic word for war, I think it was "cahan," though I'm not quite sure. Was this angelicised?

KANE This is anglicised from the Irish Ó Catháin (pronounced O CA-HAUN). It means descended from Cathán, a personal name meaning little warrior.