De-Anglicisation of Names

[slohairt]

Ok, correct me if I'm wrong. Mine is Connell, Scottish, not Irish from Kilmarnock. It would have come from MacDhomhnuill as the "D" whould be changed due to the vocative form, right. Thereby MacConnell pronunciation.

You are correct! Mac Dhomhnuill would have originally been pronounced more like MAC GOAN-ILL. Like most Gaelic names, it was sloppily rendered into English.

Connell is almost always from the Irish Ó Conaill or more rarely, Mac Conaill. It should be noted, however, that many Irish migrated to Scotland in the mid-19th Century, and Irish names are quite common particularly around Glasgow.