De-Anglicisation of Names

[bjproc]

Hi cousin!

My surname is "Green". Both of my parent's families hail from Ireland. I was told by my dad that the name "Green" was adopted when the family moved from Ireland to London to hide their Irish heritage so to avoid prejudice. Anyone heard that theory before?

that may be true, as i've had a family member who left portree a mcnicol and dropped the Mc to just nicol to hopefully get some work

[highlander_Daz]

weve done the "Green" name before, we thought it may be from "Grain" meaning the sun

http://www.irishgen.com/surnames/det...surname_id=148


http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/f...m?FamilyId=186