Manx Submitted Surnames

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CALLISTER Irish, Scottish, Manx
Reduced form of MCALLISTER.

CANNELL Manx
Manx cognate of MCCONNELL or O'CONNELL.

CASEMENT Manx
Anglicized 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.

CAWTE Manx
Originates from a Manx nutcase.

CORLETT Manx
From Manx Gaelic Mac Thorliot "son of Thorliot", a male personal name derived from Old Norse Thórrljótr, literally "Thor-bright".

CORRIN Manx, Scottish
First documented in 1290, sources suggest prototypes to be of Norse and/or Irish origins or a Manx contraction of Mac Oran from Mac Odhrain.

CURPHEY Manx
Sea warror from the Viking

DEMPSTER Manx, English, Scottish
The 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... [more]

MACFAYLE Manx
Variant of MAC PHAAYL. This form was recorded on the Isle of Man in 1511.

MAC PHAAYL Manx
Means "son of Paayl" in Manx Gaelic, PAAYL being the Manx form of PAUL.... [more]

MACQUAYLE Manx
Meaning, "son of PAUL."

QUAIL English, Manx
A variant of Quayle, derived from various patronymics meaning "son of Paul". Alternately, an English nickname derived from the bird, perhaps given to a person who was timid, or known for being promiscuous.

QUAYLE Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized), Manx (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of various Gaelic patronymics derived from the given name PAUL - namely, Manx Gaelic MAC PHAAYL meaning "son of PAAYL"; Scottish Gaelic MAC PHÀIL "son of PÀL"; and Irish Gaelic MAC PHÓIL "son of PÓL"... [more]

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