De-Anglicisation of Names

[RoadKilt chef]

Slohairt, I just registered largely because of the information available on this forum, but also because of your work on this thread. You're doing a good thing, keep it up. I'm fortunate to know my ancestry (at least back to 1760 or so), but I'd like to know what you have about my surmame-Lowrey. I know enough not to to be concerned with precise spelling. Even today government agencies and newspapers get it wrong. Variations include Lowrie, Lowry, Lawrie, Lowery, and on and on...

[YoungMan]

Here's one: Shanklin (I'm positive we are an Isle of Wight derivatives, but for fun, I've heard it might also have a lowland Scotland heritage with something like Shankland or a similar spelling)

[slohairt]

Here's one: Shanklin (I'm positive we are an Isle of Wight derivatives, but for fun, I've heard it might also have a lowland Scotland heritage with something like Shankland or a similar spelling)

SHANKLIN/SHANKLAND These names would appear to be one and the same. Both are of Anglic topographical origin, which could place them in either England or the Scottish Lowlands. Interestingly, the name appears in great numbers in southwestern Wales. It is from Shank (leg) + land. Shank is used to refer to a part of a hill that stretches over low ground.

[slohairt]

Slohairt, I just registered largely because of the information available on this forum, but also because of your work on this thread. You're doing a good thing, keep it up. I'm fortunate to know my ancestry (at least back to 1760 or so), but I'd like to know what you have about my surmame-Lowrey. I know enough not to to be concerned with precise spelling. Even today government agencies and newspapers get it wrong. Variations include Lowrie, Lowry, Lawrie, Lowery, and on and on...

LOWREY This is one of those names that could be from a few unrelated etymological origins. 1) From Laurie, a diminutive of Laurence, which would indicate a Lowland Scots/Anglic origin. 2) From Scottish Gaelic Mac Labhraidh, meaning 'son of Labhradh', a personal name meaning 'speaker'. Many people have mistakenly thought of Labhradh as cognate with Laurie/Laurence, but that is not the case. Labhrann is the Scottish Gaelic form of Laurence. (as in the surname MacLaren = Mac Labhruinn)