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'.
MALOY Usually Anglicised from the Irish Ó Maolmhuaidh (roughly pronounced O MAIL-OO-EE) meaning 'descended from (the) Maolmuadh', a name or term meaning 'great leader'.
This is one of if not the best tread I have followed yet.
I think I know LAMB is a danish first name and was used by one of the Clan Lamont chiefs sones in the 1200s. He moved to England
Do you have more on the name Lamb?
This is one of if not the best tread I have followed yet.
I think I know LAMB is a danish first name and was used by one of the Clan Lamont chiefs sones in the 1200s. He moved to England
Do you have more on the name Lamb?
A Raibeirt,
Thank-you very much! I believe Lamb as a personal name (or last name) in the Danish sense comes from the Old Norse lami, meaning 'lame'? (Not very complimentary, if that was the case!)
I do think it's probably more than coincidental that it bears a similar sound with Lamont (as Mac Laomuinn, etymologically of Norse origin, via Scottish Gaelic). However, everything I've usually read about the surname Lamb indicates an Anglic origin meaning 'lamb-like'.
Hi there, I was wondering if you would translate my full name?
Richard Duncan Reynolds.
I believe my surname has been anglesized but the name Reynolds is a ancient one and has been around since at least the Jacobite period.
Some people say it's french which I hope it isn't many others just don't know.
Many hopefull thanks.
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