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Watson (Scottish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
The surname Watson is a baptismal name meaning ‘the son of Wat’, a diminutive form of Walter. This Old Germanic name means ‘mighty army’ or ‘powerful warrior’, and arrived in England, and later into Scotland, during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066).

 

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Taylor (Scottish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
An occupational name meaning ‘the tailor’, a cutter of cloth and maker of clothes. This surname is of Anglo-Saxon descent but derives from the Old French ‘tailleor’ or ‘tailleur’, meaning ‘a tailor’, and arrived in England, and later to Scotland, following the Norman Conquest of 1066.

 

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Smith (Scottish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
An occupational name for a metalworker, armourer or farrier, meaning ‘the blacksmith’. It derives from the Old English word ‘smid’, from ‘smitan’, meaning ‘to strike with a hammer’. The trade of a smith also includes a ‘war-smith’, blacksmith, whitesmith, tinsmith, goldsmith and silversmith.

 

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Anderson (Scottish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
This surname was originally a baptismal name meaning ‘the son of Andrew’ and was taken early to Scotland by settlers from England. It is derived from the personal name from the Greek ‘Andreas’, a derivative of the word ‘andreios’, meaning ‘man’ or ‘manly’.

 

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Parker (English) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
An occupational name meaning ‘the parker’ or ‘park guardian’, from a guardian of the park grounds or estates. In medieval times this would have meant a deer park. This name was originally derived from the French ‘parquier’ or ‘parchier’, meaning ‘park-keeper’. The the name arrived in England following the Norman Conquest of 1066.

 

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O’Connor (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
From the Irish Gaelic Ó Conchobhair, meaning ‘descendant of Conchobar’, from ‘cu’, meaning ‘the hound’, and ‘cobhar’, meaning ‘a desire’. It was the name of a family which once ruled Connacht, and provided Ireland with at least two High Kings.

 

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Riley (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
This is of both Irish and English origin. In Ireland the name derives from the Gaelic Ó Raghailligh, which means ‘the descendant of Raghallach’, an old personal name. In England this is a locational name meaning ‘of Riley’, such as High Riley in Altham, Lancashire, Riley Green near Blackburn, or Riley Hill in Staffordshire. From the Old English ‘rygh’, meaning ‘rye’, with ‘leah’,
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