Behind the Name: Manx Submitted Surnames

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

CALLISTERIrish, Scottish, Manx
Reduced form of McAllister.

CASEMENTManx
From Manx Gaelic Mac Asmuint "son of Ásmundr", an Old Norse male personal name meaning literally "god-protection". The surname was borne by Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.

CAWTEManx
Originates from a Manx nutcase.

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

CURPHEYManx
Sea warror from the Viking

MACFAYLEManx
Meaning, "son of Paul."

MAC PHAAYLManx
Meaning, "son of Paayl (Paul)."

MACQUAYLEManx
Meaning, "son of Paul."

QUAYLEEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Manx
Meaning, "son of Paul." When the name originates from Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland it is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Phàil (Scottish) Mac Phóil (Irish) Mac Phaayl (Manx) meaning "son of Pàil / Póil / Paayl"... [more]

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