I was always led to believe by my Grandmother Morag , that the translation of Morag was Sarah. Leigh. ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScotHeritage@aol.com> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-INV-L] Gaelic names > In a message dated 28/06/00 4:45:20 PM Central Daylight Time, > PeteMorag@pgrant62.freeserve.co.uk writes: > > << Thought I might have my 5c worth, Harry, with a female first name I found > interesting. My wife's name is Morag and one of her ancestors in early 19th > century Stratherrick was a Sally/Marion Fraser. She definitely apears under > both names. I have read that "Morag" can translate freely as either Sally > or Marion. It would be amusing for my wife to know that she shares her > first name with an ancestor. Can anyone verify this for me? > > Peter Grant > London (but from Christchurch, New Zealand) >> > Gaelic in blue: > Morag is the English spelling of M\orag so aside from the accent which is > much smaller and over the "O" it is vertually unchanged. Sally Marion Fraser > would be written in the Gaelic form as Sally M\or Friseal. (As far as I know > there is no gaelic for Sally. A name I have never heard in any Gaelic area. > As far as I know Morag and Mor/Marion are two different names. > Dave M. >