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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.
It should only contain pages that are Scottish Gaelic feminine surnames or lists of Scottish Gaelic feminine surnames, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Scottish Gaelic feminine surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Pages in category "Celtic-language surnames" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Many surnames of Gaelic origin in Ireland and the other Celtic nations derive from ancestors' names, nicknames, or descriptive names.In the first group can be placed surnames such as MacMurrough and MacCarthy, derived from patronymics, or O'Brien and O'Grady, derived from ancestral names.
Celtic-language surnames (7 C, 12 ... Pages in category "Celtic names" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Pages in category "Scottish Gaelic-language surnames" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 ...
Irish-language surnames (3 C, 87 P) M. Manx-language surnames (29 P) S. Scottish Gaelic-language surnames (3 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Gaelic-language surnames"