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Surnames of English origin (3 C, 721 P) L. Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin (1 C, 66 P) Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin. It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Surnames of Welsh origin (2 C, 82 P) Pages in category "Surnames of British Isles origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 384 total.
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 the English, e.g. Bain vs MacBain, Cowan vs MacCowan, Ritchie vs MacRitchie.
Pages in category "Surnames of Scottish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 581 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
One example of this process regarding surnames is the surname "Kneebone" which actually derives from the Cornish "Carn Ebwen" or the "tomb", "carn" of "Ebwen". The change must have occurred at a point when the original "k" at the beginning of the English word was still pronounced and thus suggests an early period in which it was anglicised.
Pages in category "English feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 805 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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