ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1302 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1302 ************************************ 20 Sep 1998 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for information on the name , which you want to use as part of a 13th to 15th century Scottish Gaelic name, and for general information about names from this culture. Here is a quick answer. The name was used by Gaelic speakers in Scotland in your period. It is pronounced \KEN-yahkh\, where \kh\ represents the harsh, rasping sound in Scottish or German [1, 2, 3]. A Gael of your period would usually have been known as his father's son. If your father were named , you would be known as "Coinneach, son of Eoin". For more information about Gaelic names from your period, we recommend an article on the web: Quick and Easy Gaelic Bynames http://www.stanford.edu/~skrossa/medievalscotland/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/ I hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if any part of it has been unclear or if you have other questions. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 20 Sept 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990. [2] Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986), s.n. Mackelly, MacKenzie [3] Jackson, Kenneth, _The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer_ (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -