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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.
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 ...
Surnames which are Anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic surnames. For example, Macdonald is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill. Languages portal
Surnames of Gaelic language origin. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. I. Irish-language surnames (3 C, 84 P) M.
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames (134 P) S. Scottish Gaelic feminine surnames (4 P) Pages in category "Scottish Gaelic-language surnames"
Scottish Gaelic English Ref Note Cailean Colin [39] Calum (double 'L' is an anglicisation, Calum is Gaelic) Callum, Malcolm [39] SG form of LL Columba. [6] Caomhainn Kevin [39] Cathal: Cahal, [39] Cathel, [4] Charles, [43] Kathel [43] Seàrlas, Teàrlach Charles English "Sherlock" surname may derive from Irish or prior Goedelic (Scurlòg ...
The surnames recorded within are for the most part very similar to those found in England at around the same date, consisting of local, patronymic and occupational names, and nicknames. Some of the local surnames with the roll are derived from places within Scotland; there are very few Gaelic surnames recorded in the roll. [2]
Matheson is a surname derived from either an anglicised form of Scottish Gaelic surnames or the patronymic form of a short form of the English Matthew. [1] This English personal name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū), which means "gift of God". [2]