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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.
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Due to the relative paucity of names and surnames in Gaelic, the official name of a person (i.e. first name plus a surname, in Gaelic or English/Scots) is rarely used in Gaelic speaking communities as, with a small number of surnames usually predominating in an area, there are usually several people who go by the same combination, for example ...
English-language surnames (3 C, ... Scottish Gaelic-language surnames (3 C, 33 P) ... Pages in category "Surnames by language"
The surname Gillespie is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, and the Irish Mac Giolla Easpaig, both of which mean "bishop's servant's son". [2] The given name itself is ultimately derived from a word of Greek origin, [ 3 ] the Old Irish epscop being derived via the Latin episcopus from Greek επίσκοπος ...
Surnames which are Anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic surnames. For example, Macdonald is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill . Languages portal
There are several etymological origins for the names: all of which originated as patronyms in Gaelic languages—Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Although these English-language (Anglicized) forms of the surnames are ultimately derived from Gaelic patronyms, they do not refer to the actual name of the bearer's father.