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       Septs and Honoured Names


Mackay Associated Names - Associated names have a hazy history. Sometimes they had more than one origin: also clouding the precise location of a particular surname might be that name's proscription or, of course, a migrant population. Even the spelling of surnames was subject to great variations, shifting from usually Latin or Gaelic and heeding rarely to consistent spelling. In early records there can be several spellings of the same name. Undoubtedly contributing to this inconsistency is the handwriting in official records, which was often open to more than one spelling interpretation. With regard to the 'Mac' prefix, this was, of course, from the Gaelic meaning, 'son of'. It wasn't long before it was abbreviated to 'Mc' or 'M', until we have reached the position now where there are more 'Mc's' than 'Mac's'.


           Alan
           Allan
           Allen
           Bain
           Bayne
           Kay
           Keay
           Macallan
           MacBain
           MacCaw
           MacFail
           MacGaw
           MacGee
           MacGhie
           MacGhee
           McKai
           MacKai
           MacKay
           MacKee
           MacKie
           MacKey
           McKay
           McKey
           McKie

           MacPhail
           MacPhial
           MacPhiel
           MacVail
           Morgan
           Neilson
           Nielson
           Nilson
           Nelson
           Paul
           Paull

           Pole
           Polson
           Poleson
           Paulson
           Poulson
           Reay
           Reayside
           Reside
           Scobie
           Scobbie
           Williamson


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