Scottish Surnames

David Dorward, David Ross (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2003 | New edition
Mercat Press (Verlag)
978-1-84183-045-2 (ISBN)

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With an estimated 30 million people of Scottish decent scattered around the globe, it's not surprising that there is a worldwide interest in Scottish family names. This volume is a guide to the variety of names found in Scotland.

With an estimated 30 million people of Scottish descent scattered around the globe, it’s not surprising that there is a worldwide interest in Scottish family names. The rich variety of names found in Scotland is one of the key ways by which people can trace their roots. Each name has a long and fascinating story to tell... David Dorward’s compact guide to Scottish surnames is now available in a new edition from Mercat Press. In its 384 pages can be found accurate derivations and explanations of over 1000 family names found in Scotland, including occupational names, patronymics (i.e. names like MacGregor taken from the father’s first name), nicknames and surnames that have originated from places or landscape features.

David Ross has written numerous books on aspects of Scottish history and culture, some serious and some less so. His most recent is The Killing Time, a study of Scotland between the Covenant of 1638 and the Union of 1707. Scottish humour is a particular interest, and he is compiler and editor of the best-selling Awa' an' Bile Yer Heid, an anthology of choice Scottish insults.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.4.2003
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-84183-045-3 / 1841830453
ISBN-13	978-1-84183-045-2 / 9781841830452
Zustand	Neuware