SaorAlba wrote:I didn't think that there would be a Gaidhlig equivalent of it, but since it originated up north, I wasn't sure.
North? Dundee's <i>east</i>, a charaid! There hee-haw Gallick up thon wey! (Weel, no fur a wee bittie, anyhou.)[/quote
True. But move just a little bit north and west, and you find The Angus Glens, and then a little further into East Perthshire...where pockets of Gaelic speakers were around until the 1960s, or a little later.
An Gobaire wrote:Just because Kidd isn't derived from gaelic, doesn't mean there's no Gaelic equivalent.
Names like MacLeod, Kerr etc are from Old Norse, so we could always just make a name -MacLeòid, MacCeàirr
Like Nic a' Mhinn. (See "meann) for "kid" as in young goat
Very true, but I think Kidd is one example where there isn't a Gaelic equivalent. Mac a' Mhinn would be making it up which is not the done thing really.
If that was the case my surname would be: Mac a' Chùirn!
An Gobaire wrote:Just because Kidd isn't derived from gaelic, doesn't mean there's no Gaelic equivalent.
Names like MacLeod, Kerr etc are from Old Norse, so we could always just make a name -MacLeòid, MacCeàirr
Like Nic a' Mhinn. (See "meann) for "kid" as in young goat
Very true, but I think Kidd is one example where there isn't a Gaelic equivalent. Mac a' Mhinn would be making it up which is not the done thing really.
If that was the case my surname would be: Mac a' Chùirn!
Bha mi an dùil gur e Crìsdean MacMhìcheil a bh' annadsa?
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