De-Anglicisation of Names

[sharpdressedscot]

Well it's the same name as Tony, but theres a guy with the same name but different spelling, I think.


And I was just bored... plus it doesn't even sound remotely English!

[Nick the DSM]

seriously you thought hammett or iommi would be gaelic? whats wrong with you!?

[sharpdressedscot]

I knew Iommi wouldn't be gaelic, see my post. but Hammett was supposedly Irish....

Plus, the thread says De-anglicisation not "what's this in gaelic"....

[slohairt]

Okay, just for a laugh, here it goes:

My 'gaelicisation' of Iommi = Aigheomaí

Yes, this thread is about the "De-Anglicisation" (a term coined by Dr. Douglas Hyde) of Gaelic surnames which have been Anglicised (i.e., all of them). However, I would wager that two-thirds of the names posted have had no basis in the Gaelic language, let alone any other Celtic language! Ah, well, still good fun...