ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1922 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1922 ************************************ 1 Feb 2000 From: Alan Terlep Greetings, Here's the information we found on the name , which you wanted to use as a name for a 14th-century Scottish man with an Irish father. We didn't find any examples of in Scotland, but we believe that it's a plausible given name for a Scots-speaking man from your period. was used in England in the 1100s and 1200s, (1) and it is quite possible that it was introduced to Scotland by the Normans during that time. As we discussed earlier, is not a plausibe Gaelic name and we did not find any period Gaelic form of it. The byname , probably meaning "Conn's son," is an authentic Scottish Gaelic name for your period. The given name itself doesn't appear in any Scottish records, although it does appear in Ireland. (2) Unfortunately, we haven't been able to find any evidence that the Scots and the Gaelic would have been used in the same name. Since you said you were most interested in the name , we looked at other Scots bynames that might be appropriate for you. We don't really know what an illegitimate Scotsman of Irish descent might have been called, but we can suggest some names found in medieval Scotland that might be appropriate. The name is found in England, and it could also have been used in Scotland. It derives from the Old French word , meaning "monkey." (3) It doesn't have the meaning you were looking for, but it does keep the sound. You might also consider using the byname , meaning "of Ireland." It appears in several forms in your period--we found from 1336, from 1424, and from 1437. (4) The byname also appears in Scotland; we found one example from around 1200. (5) Raquel Buenaventura, Juliana de Luna, Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Maridonna Benvenuti, Effric neyn Kenyeoch, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, Talan Gwynek, Arval Benicoeur, and Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn contributed to this letter. We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to help you. Your servant, Alan Fairfax Academy of S. Gabriel February 1, 2000 (1) Withycombe, E.G., _The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names_, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988), s.n. Adrian (2) Woulfe, Patrick, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_ (Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation), s.n. Cuinn (3) Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_ (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.n. Quin This is not related to the modern , which is a form of the Gaelic name we discussed. (4) Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986), s.n. Ireland (5) ibid., s.n. Bastard