Ainmean
Sloinnidhean

Sloinnidhean
Surnames

Giorrachaidhean:
Ga = Gaeilge, Gàidhlig na h-Éireann.  Is ciall dha sin gun dàinig an t-ainm seo ás Éireann an toiseach ach gu bheil daoine ann leis ann an Alba cuideachd an-diugh.
Gd = Gàidhlig, cha chleachdar seo ach nuair a tha feum air a chum ainm a chumail air falbh bho ainm Éireannach.

Puingean eile:
1. Cuimhnich gu bheil casg air sèimheachadh le fuaimean a nithear san aon àite, m.e. MacGille, MacCaluim ...
2. Tha dà dhòigh ann anns a chleachdar ainmean àite mar shloinneadh: a) cuir an leasachan -(e)ach ris air neo b) cleachd an t-ainm àite san tuiseal ghinideach ás déidh an ainm.
Eiseimpleirean: Donald Blair > Dòmhnall Blàrach; Milicent Marr > Milicent Mhàrr
3. Cuimhnich nach e tràchdas air eachdraidh nan sloinnidhean a tha seo ach dìreach liosta a dh'fhaodas tu cleachdadh nuair a bhios tionndadh Gàidhlig de shloinneadh a dhìth ort.  Chan eil barrachd fiosrachaidh na eachdraidh is ciall nan sloinnidheann ann air sgàth sin.

Abbreviations:
Ga = Irish.  This means that this is an originally Irish name but that it exists in Scotland today.
Gd = (Scottish) Gaelic, this is only used to distinguish an Irish and a Gaelic form of a surname.

Other Points:
1. Remember that lenition is blocked with sounds made at the same point, eg MacGille, MacCaluim ...
2. There are two ways in which place names are used as surnames: a) add the suffix -(e)ach to the place name or b) use the place name in the genitive after the name.
Examples: Donald Blair > Dòmhnall Blàrach; Milicent Marr > Milicent Mhàrr
3. Remember this isn't a treatise on surname etymologies but a list of Gaelic equivalants of Scottish surnames in case you need the Gaelic form.  For that reason there is no additional information on things like their meanings or history.