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  slohairt De-Anglicisation of Names 8th December 06, 06:17 PM Deil the Yin De-anglifying Surnames... 8th December 06, 07:54 PM Tattoo Bradley Henderson = son of Henry =... 8th December 06, 08:57 PM
Kid Cossack Oakley? Ballard? 8th December 06, 09:35 PM
mddock58 Great Thread!
Paternal... 9th December 06, 08:14 AM
MacWage So, COULD Wages/Wagers be... 9th December 06, 08:31 PM
pdcorlis Care to take a crack at... 9th December 06, 08:38 PM
Belegnole How about Mackers ? The name... 9th December 06, 10:43 PM
Wompet How about a gaelicization of... 10th December 06, 04:56 PM
thescot How about Killman? There are... 10th December 06, 11:33 PM
Richland here is two 11th December 06, 03:08 PM
Matthew Siegmann I have a few names from my... 12th December 06, 04:53 PM
pdcorlis Even though we struck out on... 12th December 06, 07:33 PM
Belegnole Whatever discord may have... 18th December 06, 10:52 PM
jordanjm How about Butler 22nd August 07, 05:20 PM
Ozman1944 Mine is Harris... 22nd August 07, 06:13 PM
MacWage Guys,
This thread is a tad... 22nd August 07, 06:29 PM
mddock58 MacWage, He posted on the 8th... 22nd August 07, 06:48 PM
Sean_the_Kilted I thought Sean was already... 24th August 07, 12:34 AM
Fletch75 My last name is Wilt, which... 24th August 07, 03:52 AM
Ozman1944 Thank you Slohairt; "Ap Harri... 24th August 07, 07:10 AM
BEEDEE Slohairt - how about DODDS -... 24th August 07, 08:17 AM
Captain How 'bout Dooley? I didn't... 24th August 07, 08:40 AM
MacHummel How about Hummel ? 25th August 07, 06:46 PM
MacHummel I might be I have meet many... 26th August 07, 06:00 PM
MysticMead if you feel up to it...
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pdcorlis How about giving Paskett a... 30th August 07, 08:41 AM
James MacMillan Great thread - I am... 2nd September 07, 10:55 PM
TimC Got time for one more? ... 13th September 07, 07:43 AM
Oatmeal Savage Could you help me with Grant?... 24th September 07, 12:37 PM
Hamner I am told by my father that... 25th September 07, 09:01 AM
Arizona Scot This is a very interesting... 1st October 07, 04:31 PM
Mr. MacDougall What would the Gaelic version... 3rd October 07, 09:52 AM
Big Homestead Wow, amazing thread! We all... 4th October 07, 11:14 AM
Big Homestead Hey, how about the name... 5th October 07, 02:15 PM
Ozman1944 This is such an interesting... 5th October 07, 03:04 PM
Mael Coluim Slohairt, I would appreciate... 6th October 07, 12:33 PM
Ozman1944 Ah yes, "Tinkers" sounds more... 6th October 07, 03:59 PM
sarge My last name is CULLUM and my... 17th October 07, 05:23 AM
Kent Frazier Slohairt,
Thank you for a... 9th December 07, 08:52 AM
Bugbear Post deleted. 9th December 07, 12:39 PM
Chrissss Let's try mine: Shinn
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Nighthawk Interesting!
I have two... 9th December 07, 10:13 PM
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Bugbear Ooou, blood eagles... 10th December 07, 02:59 PM
sarge Slohairt, thank you for all... 27th February 08, 10:30 AM
Graywolf This is too great. OKay try... 27th February 08, 05:35 PM
Graywolf Thanks,
So the town is... 28th February 08, 03:29 AM
Frank McGrath This is a great thread. Try... 28th February 08, 04:44 PM
Graywolf PLease take note - none of... 28th February 08, 05:33 PM
graham_s Heh, try mine on for size.... 28th February 08, 05:52 PM
McMathTX Mine should be pretty easy,... 29th February 08, 12:24 PM
Jack Daw My grandmother's maiden name... 29th February 08, 10:54 PM
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dowofbuchanan hey i went pretty far reading... 21st March 08, 06:31 PM
Baysideboy I've looked through most of... 22nd March 08, 05:53 PM
bjproc do you have anything for... 4th April 08, 12:11 AM
Finn Paternal: Slonaker,... 4th April 08, 07:59 AM
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Cyndi Hoe about my mom's maiden... 4th April 08, 10:31 PM
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MacHummel Hey Slohairt
I'm looking... 6th April 08, 08:08 AM
TatterDel Okay so I read the first six... 7th April 08, 08:58 AM
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Draelore This one should be easy:... 17th May 08, 08:22 PM
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Erikm My surname is Middleton my... 23rd August 08, 01:42 AM
Aldisimo Watkins? Harrison... 23rd August 08, 01:17 PM
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could you... 23rd September 08, 07:35 PM
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Derek Conley What an incredible thread!
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Is this guy awesome or what? Thanks. You are a tremendous asset to this forum.
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 Originally Posted by slohairt
It can be from three unrelated origins: 1) English occupational or nickname from Anglo-Saxon Cniht, 2) Anglicised from Mac Neachdainn (SCOTTISH GAELIC) or Mac Neachtain (IRISH). Both mean 'son of Neachdann', a personal apparently common among the Picts and the name of a Celtic water divinity. I'm not sure of the meaning, but some have suggested it means 'snow-white'. 3) Anglicised from Irish Mac an Ridire meaning 'son of the Knight'. This was a name adopted by some first generation Hiberno-Normans.
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