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McCarthy (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
The name McCarthy originally appeared in Irish Gaelic as Mac Cárthaigh, which derives from the word ‘carthach’, which means ‘loving’. The prefix Mac or Mc was added to the father’s first name to indicate ‘son of’.

 

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Doyle (Irish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download

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Doyle (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
Meaning ‘descendant of Dubhghall’, from the Gaelic Ó Dubhghaill, from the elements ‘dubh’, meaning ‘black’ and ‘gall’, meaning ‘stranger’ and was used to describe a stranger with dark hair or a dark complexion. The name is found mostly in the Irish counties Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow and Dublin.

 

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Baker (English) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
The female form of the name is Baxter. This surname was derived from the Old English word ‘baecere’, an occupational name for a maker and seller of bread. It was also used by those with responsibilities for the baking ovens in larger dwellings, castles, monasteries, and the keeper of the ‘communal kitchen’ in towns and villages.

 

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Walsh (Irish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download

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Walsh (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
The Walsh family name descends from Philip the Welshman, and his brother David, who arrived with the Cambro-Norman Invasion in 1172. From the Old English and Anglo-Saxon word ‘waelisc’, meaning ‘foreigner’ or ‘stranger’, a Welshman, many of whom settled in Ireland, and it is now the fourth most numerous name in the same country as a result of this invasion. In Ireland the
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Ryan (Irish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download

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Ryan (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
An Anglicised form of the Old Gaelic Ó Maoilriain and Ó Maoilriaghain, from the personal name Maolriain. From ‘maol’ or the Irish pagan ‘mal’, meaning ‘chief’, which is related to the Welsh ‘mail’, meaning ‘hero’, and the ancient ‘rian’, an Old Irish word for ‘water’, to mean ‘a water deity’ or ‘worshippers of Rian’.

 

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O’Sullivan (Irish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download

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O’Sullivan (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
Meaning ‘male descendant of Suileabhan (or Súilleabháin)’, a personal name meaning ‘hawk-eyed’. Sullivan together with O’Sullivan are the third most common names in all Ireland, and is the most popular surname in both County Cork and County Kerry.

 

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O’Neill (Irish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download

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O’Neill (Irish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
The Gaelic prefix Ó or Ua indicates ‘male descendant of’, with the personal byname Neill, Neil, or Niall, from the Gaelic ‘niadh’ meaning ‘champion’. For one thousand years the O’Neills have been one of the most prestigious of Irish families.

 

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Scott (Scottish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download

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Scott (Scottish) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
The Scotts, one of the most powerful of the border clans, take their name from a race who invaded west Scotland about the 5th century. The name derives from the Old English word ‘scotti’, which meant a Gael from Ireland who had taken part in the above invasion.

 

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