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This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and 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.
One of the most common Scottish surnames is Campbell, which is derived from the Gaelic Caimbeul, meaning "crooked-mouth". Similarly, Cameron is derived from the Gaelic Camshron, meaning "crooked-nose". [13] Another common Scottish surname is Armstrong, which means the son of a strong man.
Scottish Gaelic-language surnames (3 C, 31 P) W. Welsh-language surnames (1 C, 50 P) Pages in category "Celtic-language surnames" The following 12 pages are in this ...
One notable exception is Ó Cuilleáin or O'Collins (from cuileann, "holly") as in the holly tree, considered one of the most sacred objects of pre-Christian Celtic culture. Another is Walsh (Irish: Breatnach), meaning Welsh. In areas where certain family names are extremely common, extra names are added that sometimes follow this archaic pattern.
More recent sources of surnames are Parish records from the beginning of the 17th century. [3] Arthur William Moore analysed the origin of Manx surnames in use at the beginning of the 19th century: of 170 surnames, about 100 (65 percent) are of Celtic origin while about 30 (17.5 percent) were of Norse-Gaelic origin. [4]
Celtic-language surnames (7 C, 12 P) G. Gaelic-language given names (2 C, 12 P) I. ... Pages in category "Celtic names" The following 4 pages are in this category ...
Irish-language surnames (3 C, 87 P) O. O'Shaughnessy family (22 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
The 20 most common surnames in the Iceland as published in 2017 ... The prevalence of some of these names is the result of more than one distinct Irish language names ...