Thanks for the response. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brownie MacKie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Lookup request for origin of McQuaid surname > Shannon..there are Scottish web sites that have the clan names on them. One > is Electric Scotland. I don't have the site addresses handy, but McQuaid > is definitely Scottish, and you'll find a lot on the websites. > > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

MAC QUAID - Son of the yellow-haired. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]

May request a look up for the origin and meaning of the name KAMPH please? Thank You, Pat

Well...I got curious...went to Electric Scotland and found out it was sept of the McKay clan.

Shannon..there are Scottish web sites that have the clan names on them. One is Electric Scotland. I don't have the site addresses handy, but McQuaid is definitely Scottish, and you'll find a lot on the websites.

I have spent several hours searching the web in hopes of finding someone who could share with me what the MCQUAID name originates... if there is a coat of arms and if there is a heraldy. I have found generalized information but nothing specific and there are so many sites with for purchase... I want to see what the heraldy or coat of arms would look like. I know this much... taken from a Dictionarly of names that my cousin owns... do not know the name of the resource. (first is the Gaelic version - but I don't have keyboard with the Gaelic Lettering) McQuaid pronounced Mac oo-idj- comes from Mac Uaid ( also M'Coode, M'Cowade, M'Quoid, MacQuaid, MacQuaide, MacQuade, MacQuoid, MacWade, Quaid, Quaide, Quade, Quoid, ect; ' son of Wat (?) ( a 'pet' form of Walter); a well-known Monaghan surname.

If it is English and not from the German FEIN, it may have meant elegant. Sorry, but that is just a guess. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]

FIENNES (English [Norman]) Habitation name from a place in Pas-de-Calais, recorded in the 11th century as 'Filnes' and 'Finles'. The earliest form of all is 'Flidmum' (9th century), possibly akin to a Germanic word meaning 'plain'. The surname is normally pronounce 'faInz'. Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara "Patricia A. Pullès" wrote: > Do you have any information on the origin and meaning of the surname > Fiennes? > Thank you, > Patricia Pulles > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html

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PALYART - Found PALLIARD which led to PAILLARD. (Anglo-French, Latin + Teutonic) meaning profligate, wanton, beggar. A combination of languages led to this name which means a hard, straw mat. And such a pretty name, too. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]

This is probably not the venue for this query, but I have a name in 18th/19th century letters of my Barry ancestors, which stumps me, because I can't find it anywhere. PALYART. This person was a merchant, shipper, dealer of sorts in or around Cuba and S. America. My ancestors' handwriting was impeccable, so the name is legible. I've transposed the "Y" to a "Z" but get the same results...nothing. Anybody want to take this on? Or do you know of another source? Thanks... Brownie MacKie

LOTT (English) from a medieval given name introduced by the Normans, of uncertain origin. It may be the Hebrew personal name "Lot" (covering), or it may be a form of various names formed with the diminutive suffix "-lot" (originally a combination of "-el" + "-ot". Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Also: LOTT, LOTTS (English) Dweller on the apportioned share of land, i.e., the allotted land. Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith Barbara [email protected] wrote: > Hello. It is always neat to see how differet peoples names mean something so > unique! I would really like to have mine done. Lott is the name! > Thanks > > ~Christopher~ > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

BETTS (English) from a medieval given name, a short form of "Bartholomew", "Beatrice", or "Elizabeth". BETZ (German) Variation of two names: 1. BERNARD (English, French, Polish, and Czech.) from the Germanic given name "Bernhard" meaning 'ber(n)' (bear) + 'hard' (brave, hardy, strong). Bernard was brought to England by the Normans. 2. BERTHOLD (German) from the Germanic personal name "Berthwald" meaning "berht" (bright, famous) + "wald" (rule). GOETZ (German) It seems to be a shortened form of any of several names, ie Gottfried, Goettel, Goettig, Goetting, Goettling, Gotthard. (This according to "German-American Names" by George F. Jones) Also found: \ GOTZ, GOTZE (German) variation of GOTT 1. English [Norman] and German: from a personal name, a short form of the various Germanic names with the first element "god" [straight line over the -o-] (good) or "god, got" (god) [no line over the -o-]. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variation of "GOT". STREICH - found: \ STREICHER (German) Cognate of the English "STRIKER", occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures, thus removing any heaped excess, from the Middle English "strike(n)", meaning "to stroke, smooth". Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara Bob Hoy wrote: > Origins for: Betts/Betz, Goetz, Streich > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Hello. It is always neat to see how differet peoples names mean something so unique! I would really like to have mine done. Lott is the name! Thanks ~Christopher~

PROUDFOOT - (English) A nickname for one with an arrogant gait. Probably of French origin. Spellings include PROUDFOOT, PROUDFUTE and PROUDFIT. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]

You've helped so many times and I enjoy seeing the deffiniton of other peoles names. Would you tell me where the name PROUDFOOT comes from and the deffinition, please. Thank You, Pat

Origins for: Betts/Betz, Goetz, Streich

Thanks to all!

Means "junior." YOUNG usually meant the younger of two persons. YOUNGER followed in usage. The German JUNG became YOUNG in England. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]