CAESAR1643(extinct) The principal family of ths name held property in Santon, and at Ballahck, in ew.

Caesar; The Monumental Brasses of Devonshire

Cain, Caine: Mac Cathain, ' Cathan's son.' Ths name may be rendered 'warrior' (cath 'a battle.') The race of EOGHAN of valiant arms,Who have obtained the palm for greatness without fraud,The acme of the nobility of Erin.'EOGHAN UA CATHAIN, abbot . . . died,' A.D. 980+;

Cain, Caine; Ancient Surnames | The Descendents of Hy-Fiachra | Septs and Clans

McKane 1408 The O'CATHAINS, now O'KANES, were of the race of Eoghan, who was son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Monarch of Ireland, who died A.D. 4o06.

MacCann1430;

MacCann; Ancient Surnames

MacCane1511;

Cain1586;

Cane1601;

Caine1609;

Cayne1610;

Kane, O'Kane; (Irish)

Kane, O'Kane :

Kane, O'Kane ; Jurby, German (vc), Michael, Ballaugh, Braddan, Marown, Lezayre, ew, Santon (c), elsewhere (u.)

Kane, O'Kane :

Calcote; Surnames of Locative Origin

CALCOTT, CALCOT; Caledcott(cold-cot), the name of their estate in Cheshre. They were a powerful family in the Isle of Mann in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Calcote1511The Prioress of Douglas and Robert CALCOTE for the fresh water fishng of Douglas ths yeare as in the preceeding yeare 4/2.' (Lib. Assed.,1511.)' RobtCALCOATS, receiver of the Castle of Man,' 1532. Statute Law Book, p. 29.

Calcote:

Calcoats1532;

Calcotts1586;

Calcott1629;

Calcot1689;: There is, we believe, an old woman of ths name living near Ramsey.

Caley; Mac Caolaidhe,'Caoladh's son,' (caol,'slender.')'To O'CAOT.AIDHF the territory is fair,'O'Huidhrin

Caley:

McCaley1511;

McCalle1521;

Cally [S]1605;

Callie1617;

Caley1642;

Caley:

Calley1676;

Calley:

O'Cayley, Cayley, Kyly, Kyely, Kiely; Kiely;

McAlley ; (Gaelic) | Lezayre (vc), Michael, Ballaugh (c), elsewhere (u).

CALLIN; Mac Cathalain,'Cathalan's son'(cathal, 'valour.') MAC CATHALAIN is corrupted into CAHALLAN and CALLAN in Ireland, the latter being now the usual form. Maeleracibhe UA CATHALAIN.'Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 565.;

Callin:

McAleyn 1511 In some cases it may possibly be a contraction of MAC ALLEN, 'Allen's son.'

Callyne1601;

Callin1623;

CALLAN; (Irish) | " Alan the Manstkes " (sic for Manske, usual term for Manxman), held land in Liverpool in 1311. The epithet was evidently meant to distinguish hm from Alan the Welshman. (See Moore MSS., Rec. Sec., P. 3). See Allan, Wigan Names, chap. ii.German, Maughold, ew (c), elsewhere (u).

Callan; Ancient Surnames  1, 2, 3

Callan; | Ulster A-Z | Septs and Clans

Callan:

Callan:

CALLISTER; MacAlister 'Alexander's son.' The Greek name Alexandros was adopted by the Scotch as the Latin Mag~tusby the Scandinavians. Several of the Scotch Kings were called Alexander. A Biblical and Hagiological Name

Callister;

COLLISTER; "Eisht haink ayn Oilister mooar Mac Ree Albey." ,
Then came great Ollister, son of the King of Scotland.Ths name is not, strictly speaking, hagiological, but as a non-Celtic name introduced through Roman influence, it belongs in substance to the same .;

MacAlisandre1417;

MacAlexander1429;

MacAlexander:

Callister1606;

MacAllister ; (Gaelic)

Collister1799COLLISTER is quite a late form, and is not nearly so common as CALLISTER: Jurby, Michael (vc). Lezayre, Ballaugh, German, ew (c), elsewhere (u).

CALLOW; Mac Calbach,'Calbach's son.

Callow:

Callow ; M

Calowe, Calo1511;

Callow, Caloe1586CALBACH Is pronounced CALWAGH, whch is easily softened into CALLOW.

Calow1611It seems to mean 'bald,' cognate with the Latin calvus,a word whch was adopted into the Teutonic languages at an early date, so that we have old English Calugh, Calewe,Anglo-Saxon Calu, bald.' Milton speaks ofcallow young.' Callow here referring to the condition ofthe young unfledged bird. '

Le Calewe; Richard le CALEWE' is in the Parliamentary Writs for A.D. 1313. ALLOW and ALOE are met with as Christian names in the Isle ofMann till the middle of the 17th century, whch points to the possibility of another derivation.: Maughold, Bride (vc), jurby, Braddan, Lezayre, ew, Arbory, Lonan (c), elsewhere (u).

CAMMAISH, COMISH; MacHamish,'James's son,' or possibly from MacHomase, Thomas's son.' COMMAISH looks more like the former, COMISH the latter. Compare- - (Irish) MACCOMAS (Gaelic) MACOMISH.The form CAMMAISH is more common in the North and COMISH in the South of the Island, but the name is not so often met with as formerly.

Comish:

MacComish1430;

MacComis, MacComais1511;

Comish1650;

Camish1676;

Camaish1704;

Cammaish1704Andreas, Bride, Maughold, Arbory (vc), Jurby, Santon, ew (c), elsewhere (u).

CANNELL; Mac Conaill,'Connall's son,' though it may sometimes be a contraction of Mac Domhnaill, 'Domhnall's son.' 'Domhnall is a diminutive of the root dom=dominus, a lord or master.'

Cannell:

MacDanell; Presumably MacDanell, though only one appears in Man. Roll, against Danell in the district where Cannell is now commonest. Another probable source of Cannell is MacGilhonylt, q.v., chap. iv. Cf. Danell, Chester Names, chap. ii.

MacDanell:

CANNELL1606The name CANNELL is peculiar to the Isle of Mann.

Cannell:

Cannell:

CANNEL1615;

CONNIL1623;

CANNAL1655;

Connell ; (Irish) | The confusion between MAC CONNELL and MAC DONNELL may have been promoted by the fact that Connall was actually the name of an ancestor of the O'Donnell family.

Connell; Ancient Surnames

CONNALL; CONNALL, Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (from whom are descended the CINEL-CONAILL) was slain. The Seven Septs of Laois 'Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 147. 

MacDonald, MqcWhannel ; (Gaelic) | The Scotch clan of MAC DONALD derive their name from DONALD, eldest son of Reginald, second son of the celebrated Somerled of Argyle, and King of the Isles.

MacDonald; MacDonald:

MacDonald:

MacConnell; The d by aspiration is often omitted in sound, whch has given rise to the family name MAC CONNELL, now common in ULSTER.' Michael, German (vc), Jurby, Braddan, Ballaugh, Marown, Andreas, Rushen, Lonan (c), elsewhere (u)

MacConnell:

CANNON and CANNAN; Mac Cannanain, 'Cannanan's son,' (ceann-fhonn,'whte head.')

Cannon:

Canannan; son of Ceallach Tanist of Uí Ceinnsealaigh,'A.D. 950Four Mast., Vol. ll., p. 667.. From the family of O'CANNANAIN, of Tirconnell, LETTER-KENNY, in Donegal, received its name, whch is a shortened form of LETTERCANNANAN, the O'CANNANAN's hll slope. Joyce, Vol. I., p. 140.

MacCannon1511;

Cannan1638;

Cannon1676;

Canning:

CARALAGH; (extinct), is a correct translation of 'Careful'.;

Caralagh1623An English family of ths name settled in the parish of Braddan at the end of the 16th century, and their name was soon translated.

Caralaugh1656 Braddan (c) formerly, Santon (u), not found elsewhere.

CARNAGHAN; O'Cernachain, 'Cernachan's descendant,' (Cethernach,a foot soldier,'a kern.')

Kernaghan; (Irish) | Ths name was formerly almost confined to the parish of Maughold, and is now scarcely found anywhere.

Kernaghan :

O'Cernachain; 'Two other cheftains, it is certain to you, Are over the victorious Tuath-Bladhach, of them is O'CERNACHAIN of valour.' Dubhagain, P. 45

CARRAN; Mac Ciarain, 'Ciaran's son.' The name CIARAN (Ciar,mouse colored,) was borne by one of the twelve great saints of Ireland, after whom a large number ofIrish chldren were formerly named. Ths name may possibly be derived from Mac Carrghamhna.

CARRAN [M]:

COROOIN:

CARINE, KARRAN; The Book of Leinster' says that Gormlaith was likewise mother of the Norwegian-Irish King Amlaff CUARAN (Olaf KVARAN); whlst the Irish chronicler, Dugald Mac Firbis, mentions ths same Olaf KVARAN as married to Sadhbh (Save), a daughter of Brian Boru."

MAC CIARAIN 1136 'MAC CIARAIN, airchnneach of Sord,' A.D. 1136.Four Mast., Vol. II., p. 849. ST. CIARAN, son of the artificer, abbot of Chrain-mic-Nois, died on the ninth day of September, A.D. 548.' O'Dubhagain, P. 13. Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 185.Do. VOI. II., P. 1053.

CIARAIN [M]:

McCarrane 1430 ;

McCarren1504;

Kerron1507;

McKerron1511;

McKarron1540;

McKerran1540;

McKarran1570;

Karran1711It is probable that KARRAN has come to us through the Scandinavians, though, ofcourse, they originally imported it from Ireland. KJARAN and KVARRAN are not uncommon in Iceland, and Scandinavians in Ireland took the name CUARAN,-hence its different form to MYLCHRAIN and CRAIN | Manx England

Carran1648;

Charran1680;

Carron1691;

Carine1729Ths last form is found chefly in Marown, Arbory, and ew, and is not common.

McCarron, McCaroon, Kerrins ; (Irish)

McKerron ; (Gaelic) | German, Marown (vc), jurby, ew, Arbory, Patrick, Lonan, Maughold (c), elsewhere (u).

Carre:

Carter:

Caterall; Surnames of Locative Origin | Manx England

Causey; Surnames of Locative Origin | The Manorial Roll | Treen of Malew |

CAVEEN; Mac Caemhain, 'Caemhln's son,' (caeimh, 'beautiful.')

O'CAEMHAIN; And the privilege of first drinking &91;at the banquet&93; was given to O'CARMI-1AIN by O'Dowdha, and O'CAEMHAIN was not to drink until he had first presented it;the drink; to the poet, that is, to Mac Firbis.'

O'Kevan; O'KEVAN of Uí -Fiachrach flourished,' A. D. 876.It is an uncommon name in the Isle ofMann, being confined to ew and Arbory.

Caveene1649;

Caveen1662;

KEEVAN ; (Irish) | O'Huidhrin, p. 133.Four Mast., Vol. II., p. 849.Chron, Scot., P. 76.Manx Society, Vol. VII., p. 113.Chron. Scot. Introduction, p. 13, being an extract from 'Tribes and Customs of Hy. Fiachrach,' P. 440

KEEVAN;

Caughan:

MacHaughan1417;

MacAuchan; Old Galloway

McHaughan; From Eachain, Horse-boy

CHRISTORY; CHRISTOPH ER It was formerly common in Jurby, but is now uncommon everywhere.

Crystory1624;

Christry1640;

Christery1714;

Chrystry1738;

Christory1705;

CHODERE; formerly used as a synonym for WATTERSON, members of the same family being called indifferently by one name or the other;

Chodere; CHODERE, however, was evidently used merely as a nickname, as it is not found in the Parish Registers.

Watersonet1422;

Watterson1504WATTERSON is as common in the Southern Parishes as Qualtrough

Water, Waterson1511Mr. J. H. Watterson thnks that CHODERE is a Manx corruption of GAULTIER or GAUTIER, the French original of the English WALTER. | Parish Monastery-Rushen | Parish of Kirkmalew |

Walterson1547 Rushen, Arbory, ew (vc), German, Patrick (c), elsewhere (u)

Christory; distinguished from Christian and Crystal. Christry (of Ballachristory, Jurby): 580 Xprie 1641 (Bps. Bk.) Glen Crutchery, Conchan, is the only Mx glen whch may bear a personal name.

Glan Cruggery1703Treen of Conchan |

Glan Cruttery .1794the Sc. name McCruiterach, son of the Harper.

CLAGUE, CLEG ; MacLiaigh,'the leech's son,' (Liagh,Leech)In the T'ain B'o Cuailitge,a Fiith-Laig,or prophet Leech, heals the wounds of Chchulaind,after hs fight with Ferdiad. In Pagan times the Liag(leech) belonged to the order called Druidic, and that charms and incantations formed part of the means of cure. | Treen of Arbory

O' Liaigh; The position assigned to the Leech by the laws in the middle ages was a very hgh one. He ranked with the smith and the Cerd,or artist in gold and silver; and the Ollamh,or doctor in leech-craft, ranked with an Aire Ard i.e.one of the hghest grades of lord. He had also a distinguished place at assemblies, and at the table of the king. Leech-craft became hereditary in certain families, some of whose names indicate their profession, as O'LEB, i.e.O'LIAIGH.' Ency. Brit. Art. on Celtic Literature.

MacLiag; MACLIAG, Chef Poet of Erinn, A.D. 1014.' Chron. Scot., P. 257.

Gilla MacLiag; Gilla MACLIAG (Gelasius), the son of Rory, the successor of St. Patrick, and Primate of Armagh and of all Ireland died A.D. 1173.' Four Mast., Vol. Ill., p. 13. 

Cleg1405In 1405, Gilbert CLEG receives letters of protection from Henry IV. to come to the Isle of Mann. 4 Manx Society, Vol. VII., P. 231. It is possible, but not probable, that the forms CLEG and CLEGG may be derived from (ON) kleggi,'a horse fly.';

MacClewage:

MacCluag1511;

Clevage1521;

Cloagge, Cloage1601

Claige1622;

Clogue1625;

Cleage1644

Clauge1652;

Clague1655The word Cleg, isused in the Isle of Mann, as well as in Scotland and the north of England, to designate ths insect. CLAGUE is now the commonest form, but did not become so till early in the eighteenth century.

Cloauge1660;

Cluage1673

Cloiage1674;

Cluag1676

Claig1696The Descendents of Hy Fiachra

Claigue1702;

Cloag1719

Clage1775;

CLEGG [1790] Clegg1790 Marown, Santon (vc), ew, Michael, Jurby, Lezayre, Ballaugh, Braddan, Lonan, Maughold, Rushen (c), elsewhere (u).

Clarke; Though Clerke occurs frequently from 1422 (John Clerke, Deemster, probably English), there is no Clerey until later dates, when it becomes plentiful. Are we to understand that all Mx Clereys are translations of English Clerk, or did the earlier scribes translate Clerey into Clerke ? The former alternative appears the more likely.

Clarke:

Clerke;

CLEATOR; is probably a name of English extraction, though MCCLETTER being found in 1511 would seem to point to a Celtic origin. Cf. CLEATOR-MOOR in Cumberland. |

McCletter1511;

Cleater1670

Cleader1696;

Clator1700;

Claytor1731;

Cleator1751;

Clattor1751 Bride (ve), Jurby, Andreas, Lezayre (c), elsewhere (u).  

COGEEN; Mac Cagadhain,(corrupted into MacCogan)'Cagadhan's son,' (cagadh,just.')

MacFaden1498, 1510;

MAC CAGADHAIN; MAC CAGADHAIN is over the noble Clann Fearmaighe.' O'Dubhagain, P. 57.Compare (Irish) COGAN, MACCOGAN, it is very uncommon in the Isle of Mann.The name CREGEEN, is frequently softened into COGEEN in conversation.

Codin1641Cotgeen later; the old form is seen in the farm-name Balla-fadeen or -fageen, Michael. MacPhdidin, son of Paudeen, or Paddy. Its Irish and Scotch derivatives have kept much closer to the original form.

Cotgeen1737;

Cojeen1771;

Cogeen1785;

Coke:

COLVIN and CALVIN ; (extinct), may be derived from Calbhn, a diminutive of Calb, 'bald' (CALLOW) | Treen of German |

Colbyn, 1540:

MacColby 1510:

Colbin 1610; Rarely as Calvin and Kelvin

Calvin 1650; Colvin, 1579 (Bps. Bk.)

Colvin 1668:

Colville; Colville in Colville's Croft, German, 1703. Probably English Ceolfwine, possibly Norse Kolbeinn.

CONILT CONILL; (extinct) probably merely forms of CANNELL.

Conylt1511

McConylt1511

Honylt1511It was formerly common in Maughold, but disappeared early in the 15th century

McHonylt1511;

MacGil1511

Cownilt1649;

Coonylt1652;

Conilt1659;

Conill1660;

Quoonill1654;

Coonill1661;

CONNELLY; Mac Conghalaigh,'Conghalad's son,' (Congal, 'a conflict.') It is a very common name in Ireland, but is scarcely found in the Isle of Mann now, though formerly common in Jurby.

CONNELLY; 'Donnchadh, son of Donnehadh Ua CONGHALAIGH, royal heir of Ireland was slain,' A.D. 1016. Four Mast.,- Vol. II., P. 791.

CONNELLY:

CONROY; O'Miilconry,'Mulconry's descendant.

O'MULCONRY; ine Bodhar O'MULCONRY took Cluain Bolcain,+A.D. '132

Conrai1605;

Conroi1617;

Cunrie1618;

Conroy1670 In Ireland it is frequently anglicised King. Ths name was always uncommon in the Isle of Mann, and is now scarcely found.

Coobragh; (extinct) from Mac Giolla Cobraght(Cuthbert) , The son of Cuthbert's servant.' 'St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Fearna, in England, died,' A.D. 686.+ St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne was a favourite saint among Celts as well as Saxons. c.f. Kirkcudbright.

McGilcobraght1511;

Coobragh1606;

Coobrigh 1649 It is only found in the Parish of jurby, and after 1649 it does not occur.+ Four Mast., Vol., I. P. 293

Coole; Mac Cumhaill 'Cumhal's son,' (comhal,courageous.') Finn |

Cooil:

MacCumhail; Finn MAC COOLE-, the Fingal of Ossian, was the hero of many beautiful legends.

McCoil, McCole1511;

MacCool:

Coole1666;

Cooile, McCoile1711;

Cooil1731;

Coyle ; (Irish) | Andreas, German, Rushen (c), elsewhere (u)

Craig; CORRAIGE (Caraig,a rock,') is a translation of the French Delaroche.;

Corraige1599 A French family of ths name settled in Scotland at an early date and had their name transformed in ths way.

Corraige:

Corraig 1700 The name is uncommon. It may, perhaps, in some cases, be derived from the (O.N.) Krdka,(Danish Krage,)'a crow,' whch is found in the Landnamabokas a nickname. BALLACORAIGE is the name of a farm in Ballaugh.

Craig 1776;

CRYSTAL, CRISTALSON; CHRISTOPHER and CHRISTOPHERSON respectively, whch have come to us from Scotland.They both occur in 1511, but are very uncommon now.