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Richardson is an English surname most commonly found in North East England. [2] The prefix Richard is a given name popularised during the Middle English period [3] [4] derived from the Germanic ric ("power") and hard ("brave"/"hardy").
McConnell or McConnel is an Irish and Scottish surname. [1] It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill (see MacDonnell). [2] Alternatively in Ireland, it may be derived from Mac Conaill meaning 'son of Conall', a given name composed of the elements con (from cú meaning 'hound') and gal (meaning 'valour').
McMahon or MacMahon (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək-MAN or / m ə k ˈ m ɑː n / mək-MAHN; older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna; meaning "son of the bear") [1] is an Irish surname.
It is composed of two elements: "Beorn," meaning "young warrior" or "bear," and "heard," meaning "hardy," "brave," or "strong." [ 1 ] In some cases, Barnard is a version of the surname Bernard , which is a French and West Germanic masculine given name and surname.
This Blair family can trace its ancestry back to Stephen de Blair, who held lands in the Parish of Blair in Gowrie, now named Blairgowrie. He also witnessed a charter on the lands of Balgillo, Angus, by Dovenald the Abbot of Brechin to the monastery at Arbroath between 1204 and 1211. [5] These Blairs have several cadet branches: of Ardblair,
Brennan (/ ˈ b r ɛ n ən /) [1] is an Irish surname which is an anglicised form of two different Irish-language surnames: Ó Braonáin and Ó Branáin (or Mac Branáin). [2] [3] [4] Historically, one source of the surname was the prominent clan Ua Braonáin (O'Brennan) of Uí Duach (Idough) [5] in Osraige who were a junior Dál Birn sept stemming from a younger son of Cerball mac Dúnlainge ...
The name "McBride" or "MacBride" is an Irish surname, the English spelling for the Irish name "Mac Giolla Bhríde". The surname is also found in Scotland, and is the anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Brighde, from earlier Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Irish), Mac Gille Brighde (Scottish) ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brighid’.
Cockburn (/ ˈ k oʊ b ər n / KOH-bərn, Scots:) is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands.In the United States most branches of the same family have adopted the simplified spelling 'Coburn'; other branches have altered the name slightly to 'Cogburn'.