Manx
names are used on the Isle of Man.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
CASEMENT ManxAnglicized and reduced form of Manx Gaelic
Mac Asmuint meaning "son of
Ásmundr". A notable bearer was Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.
CORLETT ManxFrom Manx Gaelic
Mac Thorliot "son of
Thorliot", a male personal name derived from Old Norse
Thórrljótr, literally "Thor-bright".
CORRIN Manx, ScottishFirst documented in 1290, sources suggest prototypes to be of Norse and/or Irish origins.
DEMPSTER Manx, English, ScottishThe name for a judge or arbiter of minor disputes, from Old English dem(e)stre, a derivative of the verb demian ‘to judge or pronounce judgement’. Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine demere, by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used of both sexes...
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