De-Anglicisation of Names

**Draelore** · 17th May 08, 08:22 PM

This one should be easy: Campbell.

What is the Gaelic rendering of Andrew?

**slohairt** · 18th May 08, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Draelore

This one should be easy: Campbell.

What is the Gaelic rendering of Andrew?

CAMPBELL see Post #17

ANDREW
Aindréas or Aindriú (IRISH) pronounced AN-DRAY-US and AN-DROO
Aindrea or Anndras (SCOTTISH GAELIC) pronounced AN-DRA and AN-DRAS
Andra (MANX) pronounced AN-DRA

**Ealisaid** · 17th May 08, 11:24 PM

If you are still looking here now and again, how about Ashmead?

**slohairt** · 18th May 08, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Ealisaid

If you are still looking here now and again, how about Ashmead?

ASHMEAD I would guess this to be a topographical name of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning ash (tree) meadow.

**Semiomniscient** · 8th June 08, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by slohairt

Examples:
Seán (John)=A Sheáin (pronounced A HyAWN)
Séamas (James)=A Shéamais (pronounced A HAMISH)
Tomás (Thomas)=A Thomáis (pronounced A HOM-ISH)
Mícheál (Michael)=A Mhíchíl (pronounced A VEE-HyILL)

But if you want to get down to it, you'd have to deCelticize the names to their Hebrew origins. ;)

**haxtonhouse** · 8th June 08, 09:28 PM

How about Haxton and Duncan?

**sharpdressedscot** · 10th June 08, 07:48 AM

Hammett (supposedly Irish)

And

Iommi (this isn't gaelic)

**slohairt** · 14th June 08, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot

Hammett (supposedly Irish)

And

Iommi (this isn't gaelic)

Neither of them be Gaelic, laddie!

HAMMETT Etymologically speaking, this name is not of Irish (Gaelic) origin. More likely it is a Norman pet diminutive form of some personal name. (Hamo, Hamon, Hamos? + 'et') This, of course, does not preclude it being Irish. After all, there are many Irish names derived from the Anglo-Norman invaders. Following the pattern used in other Norman-Irish names of similar construction (i.e., Plunkett), I would attempt a 'Gaelicisation' of this name as Haiméad or Haiméid.

(IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Bear in mind, gentle readers, that these Irish-language forms are made-up. Don't go looking for them in your research because they probably don't exist!)

IOMMI C'mon, as in Tony?

**sharpdressedscot** · 15th June 08, 02:10 PM

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!