Surnames that sound artificially Anglo-Saxon, British, or Irish?

[Bobby Martnen]

the spanish domas sounds like dumb ass

[Scholarios]

Park and Lee are very artificial, as they don't even sound like "Park" or "Lee" in their respective languages. More like "Bahk" or "Baek" and "Ee" or "Yee" or "Ree" (depending on the Chinese characters used).


I think 'Reddy" in Indian languages sounds artificially Celtic-Saxon.

[Newsboy]

The Japanese surname Ohara would go unnoticed in Ireland as it is also Irish (as O'Hara).

The Chinese surnames Lam (or Lamb), Young, and Law also sound Anglo-Celtic.

[gıulıoımpa]

Costello exist both as Irish and Italian surname.

i think some Venetian surnames could also pass as Anglo saxon possibly or at least Norman

[Jana]

Venetian surnames: Carlin, Alban, Barion, Urban, Cardin, Rancan...

Itneresting. Surname Urban exists in my town.

[Sikeliot]

Costello exist both as Irish and Italian surname.

i think some Venetian surnames could also pass as Anglo saxon possibly or at least Norman

Costello doesn't exist in Italy, I thought. It is just Irish.

[Grace O'Malley]

Costello exist both as Irish and Italian surname.

i think some Venetian surnames could also pass as Anglo saxon possibly or at least Norman

Yes I think it is just in Ireland. It came there via the Normans.

The Costello surname came to Ireland with the Anglo- Norman invasion of the 12th century. They were originally from the Norman family Nangles, or de Angulos, and descended in Ireland from Gilbert de Nangle. Costello and associated variations come from the personal name of a son of Gilbert, Oisdealbhach, whose name consists of the elements "os," which means "deer or fawn", and "dealbhadh," which means "in the form of" or "resembling." The Gaelic form of the surname Costello, which predated the Anglicized version of the name, is Mac Oisdealbhaigh. This is the earliest recorded example of a Norman family assuming a Mac surname. The prefix O has sometimes been erroneously assumed.

https://www.houseofnames.com/costello-family-crest

[Bobby Martnen]

Yes I think it is just in Ireland. It came there via the Normans.

Americans associate Costello with Italy because of Italian-American gangster Frank Costello, who was born Francesco Castiglia.

[Sikeliot]

Yes I think it is just in Ireland. It came there via the Normans.

And consistent with my statement of Norman ancestry in Connacht, Costello is mostly found there (I think Roscommon and Galway??).

[Lemon Kush]

Golden