- prominence. His father,
GilleBride, of
royal Irish ancestry,
appears to have
conducted a
marriage alliance with Máel
Coluim mac Alaxandair, son of Alexander...
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Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (Modern Gaelic:
Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain,
known in
English simply as Lulach, and
nicknamed Tairbith, "the Unfortunate" and...
-
fuller form such as
MacGille 'son of the
servant of', i.e.
MacGilleBhàin,
MacGilleRuaidh,
MacGilleD****bh,
MacGilleD****nn,
MacGilleB****dhe. Most varieties...
-
MacLean, also
spelt McLean, is a
Scottish Gaelic surname (
Mac Gille Eathain, or,
Mac Giolla Eóin in
Irish Gaelic), Eóin
being a
Gaelic form of Johannes...
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Lewis derived their surname from
MacGilleMhoire, a name said to mean "son of a
servant of Mary". ("Mhic"
meaning son, "
Gille"
meaning servant and "Mhoire"...
- all of
these have male and
female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all
Mac-
names become Nic- if the
person is female. Some of the
Scottish Gaelic surnames...
-
MacGillivray is a
surname and
given name
derived from the
Gaelic language. The name can be
written in
modern Scottish Gaelic as Bràigheach,
MacGille, MacGilleBhràth...
- Scotland. The
surname MacLennan in
Scottish Gaelic is
Mac Gille Fhinnein,
meaning the son of the
follower of St Finnan. The
MacLennans
settled around...
- The
surname McBride or
MacBride is an
anglicisation of the
Gaelic Mac Giolla Bríghde (Irish) or
Mac Gille Bríghde (Scottish),
meaning son of the servant...
-
Gille Brigte or
Gilla Brigte mac Fergusa of
Galloway (died 1185), also
known as Gillebrigte,
Gille Brighde, Gilbridge, Gilbride, etc., and most famously...
