Some "Macs" in my family include McRory, McElroy, McDonald and McFergus. I also have McNaught and McLochlan down the line.
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Some "Macs" in my family include McRory, McElroy, McDonald and McFergus. I also have McNaught and McLochlan down the line.
McDowell is more common
but it's the same name
most of the Scottish names in my tree are Lowland and Border names (Ulster-Scots)
Gaelic names-
1. Brown-(originally Dunn/Duinn/Donne from Ayrshire)
2. Campbell
3. Murray-(from Galloway, not Highlands)
Anglo-Bernician names-
4. Smyth (Smith)
5. Thompson
6. Chester-(from Durham, English Borders)
Anglo-Norman names-
7. Oliphant-(from Cumbria, English Borders)
I have a McDonald several generations ago.
I have a highland Scottish surname. It is an Anglicised Gaelic version of a biblical name.
Interesting. Does anybody know about McGrory?
In my family tree we have mostly Angle sounding names, not really Scottish. For example, Johnston/e, a family which settled in the borders from England. Am I a Scot or a Sassenach? :(