Hello List! Following on from some research into Katharine Mackay (I just sent an e-mail about that) I have some questions about naming conventions in Gaelic, and I was wondering if anyone on the list might know the answers. Katharine Mackay was also known as nin Dholicustian. Does nin mean anything? Maybe "daughter of"? Katharine married John Morison, who was also known as Macuillam Machustan (which I have in other places as Macuilleam Machustain and Macuileammachustian). When their son William got married, he had an alias of MacEanmacuilammachustian. When their daughter Ann got married, she had an alias of Nin Eanmacuilammachustian. Each seema to have gained an "Ean" and a "mac" from their father's gaelic name (although in a separate order). I've always thought that "Mac" meant "son of". What does "Ean" mean? Is there a convention for adding bits to a gaelic name when giving names to offspring? Thanks Claire