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List Of Scottish Gaelic Surnames
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. * Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Surnames by country#Slavic world, Slavic, Lithuanian name#Pavardė (surname), Lithuanian and Latvian name#Spelling, Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female. * Some of the Scottish Gaelic names#Surnames, Scottish Gaelic surnames are Gaelicisation, Gaelicised forms of English surnames; and conversely, some of the English surnames are Anglicised forms of the Gaelic surnames. * In some cases the Gaelic and English names do not share an etymological origin. * Several surnames have multiple spellings; this is sometimes due to unrelated families bearing the same surname. * A single surname in either language may have multiple translations in the other. * In some English translations of the names, the M(a)c- prefix may be omitted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongside both Irish language, Irish and Manx language, Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a Classical Gaelic, common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 United Kingdom census#2011 Census for Scotland, 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population, three years and older) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethune (surname)
Bethune, or Béthune, is a French and Scottish surname. It originates from the name of the town of Béthune in Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. The name of the town was first recorded in the 8th century, in the Latin form ''Bitunia''. The surname is first recorded in Scotland during the reign of King Alexander II (4 December 1214 to 8 July 1249) when charters of the abbeys of St Andrews and Arbroath name Robert de Betunia, probably a knight, Sir David de Betun, definitely a knight, and John de Betun, probably a cleric.National Library of Scotland: Adv.MS.34.4.2 Bethune of Balfour is an ancient Scottish family who from about 1375 to 1888 were lairds of Balfour in Fife, an estate in the Lowlands parish of Markinch. Originating before the year 1000 in the town of Béthune, then in the county of Flanders. Over the centuries the pronunciation of the family name shifted from the original French bay-tune to the Scots bee-t'n, usually written Beaton. From about 1560, members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Arran
The Isle of Arran (; ) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Counties of Scotland, Historically part of Buteshire, it is in the Subdivisions of Scotland, unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2011 census it had a resident population of 4,629. Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre, Kintyre peninsula. Often referred to as "Scotland in Miniature", the Island is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and has been described as a "geologist's paradise".Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 11–17. Arran has been continuously inhabited since the early Neolithic period. Numerous prehistory, prehistoric remains have been found. From the 6th century onwards, Goidelic languages, Goidelic-speaking peoples from Ireland colonised it and it became a centre of religious activity. In the trou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron (surname)
Cameron is a Scottish surname and thus somewhat common throughout the English-speaking world. There are several possible origins. One is from a Gaelic-language nickname, derived from ''cam'' ("crooked", "bent") and ''sròn'' or ''abhainn'' ("nose", "river"). Another is from any of the various places called Cameron, especially such places located in Fife, Edinburgh or Lennox, Scotland.. This webpage cited: . In the Scottish Lowlands the surname indicates that the original bearer lived in either Cameron near Edinburgh, Cameron in Lennox, or Cameron in Fife. Thus, the name in the Lowlands is of territorial origin, from one of the three places mentioned. /ref> The English-language surname can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as: ''Camarran'' (masculine), ''Chamarran'' (feminine); or as ''Camshron'' (masculine) and ''Chamshron'' (feminine). List of people with the surname * Alan Cameron (other) * Alexander Cameron (other) * Alfred B. Cameron (1855–1913), American po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell (surname)
Campbell is a Scottish surname —derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic roots ''cam'' ("crooked") and ''beul'' ("mouth")—that had originated as a nickname meaning "crooked mouth" or "wry mouthed." Clan Campbell, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans, traces its origins to the ancient Celtic Britons, Britons of Strathclyde. Between 1200 and 1500 the Campbells emerged as one of the most powerful families in Scotland, dominant in Argyll and capable of wielding a wider influence and authority from Edinburgh to the Hebrides and western Highlands. Today, the name is found throughout the world as a consequence of large scale emigration from Scotland from the 18th century onwards and the settlement of the Scottish people, Scottish diaspora in many countries particularly the United States, Canada and Australia. Due to significant Scottish immigration in the 16th and 17th centuries, the name is also found across the island of Ireland but particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisset
Bisset is a surname of Scottish origin. History Sir Thomas Gray in his Scalacronica states that William the Lion in 1174, on his return from captivity in Falaise and in England, brought back young Englishmen of family to seek their fortune in the Scottish Court; and among these were named the "Biseys". The first of the name recorded in Scotland is Henricus Byset, who witnessed a charter by William the Lion granted before 1198. His son, John Byset, who witnessed a charter by Henry de Graham in 1204, was the individual who obtained from the king the grant of lands in the north. In 1242 the power of the Bissets was brought to a sudden end, though they still continued to be a family of importance. At a tournament held at Haddington in that year Walter Byset, lord of Aboyne, was worsted by the young earl of Atholl. In revenge Byset is stated to have burned the house in which the earl slept, and the earl with it. For this crime Walter Byset and his nephew, John Byset (founder of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowie (surname)
Bowie is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name can be derived from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic nickname ''buidhe'', meaning "yellow", "fair-haired". The surname can also be an Anglicised form of the Irish surname ''Ó Buadhaigh''; this surname means "descendant of ''Buadhach''" and is also rendered as Bogue (other), Bogue and Boyce (surname), Boyce. The personal name ''Buadhach'' means "victorious". The surname ''Bowie'' is rendered in Scottish Gaelic as ''Buidheach'' (masculine) and ''Bhuidheach'' (feminine), as well as ''Mac'IlleBhuidhe'' (masculine) and ''Nic'IlleBhuidhe'' (feminine). Early instances of the surname in Scotland, recorded in 1481, are: ''Boye'', ''Bowy'', and ''Boee''... A family of the surname, the Bowie family, was one of the colonial families of Maryland with John Bowie Sr. being the first Bowie in the colony. People with the surname * Alistair Bowie (born 1951), Scottish footballer *Angie Bowie (born 1949), American, wife of David *Angus M. Bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce (surname)
__NOTOC__ The surname Bruce is a British surname of French origin. In Scotland, it is derived from Clan Bruce. In some cases it is derived from the French place name of Briouze in Normandy, (see ''Braose'') while in others it appears to be derived from Brix in Normandy, or Bruz in Brittany, both in France. Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 69. The surname is also common among a Ghanaian family of Accra of Euro-African ancestry. People with the surname * Adam Bruce (born 1968), Scottish businessman * Alexander Bruce (other) * Alice Bruce (1867–1951), British educationist * Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, Scottish aristocrat, chief of the name of Bruce * Angela Bruce (born 1951) British actress * Brenda Bruce (1918–1996), British actress * Ben Bruce (born 1988), musician * Benjamin F. Bruce (1811–1888), New York politician * Cameron Bruce (born 1979), Australian-football professional * Carlos Bruce (born 1959), Peruvian politician * Carol Bruce (1919–2007), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiree
Tiree (; , ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650. The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and fishing are the main sources of employment for the islanders. Tiree, along with Colonsay, enjoys a relatively high number of total hours of sunshine during the late spring and early summer compared to the average for the United Kingdom. Tiree is a popular windsurfing venue; it is sometimes referred to as the "Hawaii of the north". In most years, the Tiree World Classic surfing event is held here. People native to the island are known as Tirisdich. History Tiree is known for the 1st-century-AD broch, for the prehistoric carved Ringing Stone and for the birds of the headland. , abbot of Iona Abbey 679–704, recorded several stories relating to St Columba and the island of Tiree. In one story, Columba warned a monk called Berach not to sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown (surname)
Brown is an English-language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English-speaking countries. It is the most common surname in Jamaica, the second most common in Canada and the United Kingdom, and the fourth most common in Australia and the United States. It was first recorded in East Lothian in Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scotland. Etymology and history of the surname Most occurrences of the name are derived from a nickname concerning the complexion of an individual, the colour of their hair or the clothing worn. This nickname is derived from the Old English ''brun'', ''brūn''; Middle English ''brun'', ''broun''; or Old French ''brun''. The root word is also sometimes found in Old English and Old Norse bynames, such as the Old Norse ''Brúnn''; however these names were not common after the Norman Conquest (in 1066). In some cases, the Old English personal name ''Brun'' may be a short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd (surname)
Boyd is an ancient Scottish surname. The name is attached to Simon, one of several brothers and children of Alan, son of Flathald. Simon's son Robert was called Boyt or Boyd from the Celtic term ''boidhe'', meaning fair or yellow. Robert the Bruce granted lands to Sir Robert Boyd as the ancestor of the earls of Kilmarnock. The Scottish peerage of the earls of Kilmarnock ends shortly after William Boyd rebelled in the Battle of Culloden in 1746. William was arrested and executed at the Tower of London in 1746. He left a widow and three sons including James, Lord Boyd who married and succeeded his father as the Earl of Errol, taking his mother's title. Another theory is of territorial origins which may have been taken from the ''Bhoid'', the Gaelic term for the island of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde. The surname was common in Edinburgh in the 17th century. The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is ''Boid'' (masculine), and ''Bhoid'' (feminine). A *Adam Boyd (born 1982), Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchanan (surname)
Buchanan is a surname of Scottish origin (see Clan Buchanan). People with this surname include: Academia and science * Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno (1898–1984), British academic, soldier and politician * Allen Buchanan (born 1948), American political scientist and academic * Andrew Buchanan (surgeon) (1798–1882), Scottish surgeon and academic * Bill Buchanan (computer scientist) (born 1961), Scottish computer scientist * Daniel Buchanan (mathematician) (1880–1950), Canadian mathematician * Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829), Scottish surgeon, geographer and naturalist * George Buchanan (1506–1582), Scottish humanist * George Wesley Buchanan (1921–2019), American biblical scholar * Ian Buchanan (philosopher) (born 1969), Australian philosopher * James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), American Nobel Prize-winning economist * Janet May Buchanan (1866–1912), Scottish Egyptologist * John Buchanan (botanist) (1819–1898), Scottish-born botanist active in New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
