Mac a' Ghobhainn
Language(s) | Scottish Gaelic |
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Origin | |
Meaning | son of the smith |
Region of origin | Scotland |
Mac a' Ghobhainn is a Scottish Gaelic surname, meaning "son of the smith". The surname is used as a Scottish Gaelic form of several English-language surnames: MacGowan, and McGowan;[1] and in Glasgow and Moray, the surnames MacGavin and McGavin.[2] The feminine form of Mac a' Ghobhainn is Nic a' Ghobhainn.
People with the surname
- Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn (1928–1998), Scottish writer, known in English as Iain Crichton Smith.
References
- ^ Mark, Colin (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. Routledge. pp. 718–722. ISBN 978-0-415-29760-8.
- ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
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Surnames associated with the occupation of smith
- Goff
- Gow
- Gowan
- Gowans
- Mac a' Ghobhainn
- MacGavin / McGavin
- MacGowan / McGowan
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- Covaci
- Coval
- Covali
- Covaliov
- Kavalyow
- Kovač
- Kováč
- Kovach
- Kovačić
- Kovačič
- Kovačević
- Kovačevič
- Kovačovič
- Kovačev
- Kovachev
- Kovačec
- Kovačik
- Kováčik
- Kovačevski
- Kovack
- Kovács
- Koval
- Kovalchuk
- Kovalenko
- Kovalevich
- Kovalevsky
- Kovalic
- Kovalik
- Kovalik
- Kovalkov
- Kovals
- Kovalyov
- Kovalyuk
- Kovář
- Kovařík
- Kowal
- Kowalik
- Kowalczyk
- Kowalczuk
- Kowalewicz
- Kowalewski
- Kowalski
- Kuznets
- Kuznetsov
- Kuźniar
- Armenian: Darbinyan
- Baltic
- Finnic
- Indic: Lohar
- Kartvelian
- Turkic
- Demirci
- Demircioğlu
rel. to occ. 'smith'
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Surname list
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