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WOW! THIS is an amazing thread! Slohairt--thank you! I have 2 manes for you:

Corathers (Sometimes interchanged with Carruthers for some reason)

McElewain/McElwain (Second 'e' seems to come and go)
CORATHERS/CARRUTHERS Found mainly in the Lowlands, it is apparently from the Brythonic (Celtic) place name Caer Rhythr, meaning Rhythr's fort.

MCEL(E)EWAIN Usually Anglicised from Mac Gille Bheathain meaning 'son of the servant of St. Beathan'. It can also be from Mac Gille Bhàin meaning son of the fair youth' or son of the servant of the fair youth'.