The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26
Surnanes Of The Southland;
Their Origin and Meaning

and is indicative Of the complexion
bore the name.
Other forms OF this surname are
Gwinn, Gwyn. Gwynne, Gutnne, Wlnn,
WITH Wnne the Wyaa n MyHng prevail as naEas
Wales, and those with the initial NV.
are characteristic OF North Wales and
Shropshire.
The Gymric gwyn appears in Cor
nish as guyn, in Breton as gWenn, IN
Gallo as Wind Gin Vindobona, vindo.
Latin yideo. "see," Greek eidon (for
evidon) saw and oida (for volda)
know" literally have seen" sanskri :,
literally .the seem" In revelations to
| Its authors, Avestan vaedha, know;
Old slavonic videti. See" and yldeti.
''know,,' Lithuanian viezdeti, see.
Gothic witan. Know" and English
wit, and wisdom.
Flanag an.-This is the prevailing va
RANT Of an Irish surname which Z, !. a ap-
Flannigan, etc, and in the patronymlc
forms O'Flanagan. etc.
In the older irish the names is Elan
ducan, which signifies the little red
The Old Irish and irish hand, Gaelic
fam, means "red, blood-red,. derived
from the Old irish and Gaelic full (gen-
Tive fola, folo) and the adjectival SUI
INC Glminutivc suffix Can" Is very
common IN ancient, per sonaI names. In
| the modern Irish 1t has quite given
| place to gan the final syllable IN SO
many irish family names = ! ), }. !, q !,
from very early period heen used
| as a personal name In Ireland. F,!ann.
Of the monastery, was a celep9ateu u III ,
nalst poet ana amd d,Sd I'm u.s.
The genitive Of Flann Is Flainn. pro.
nounced Finn, whence the surname
| O'Flinn. and, dropping the patInymic
also Finn The ini tha s,lene s9m1 Il
In pronunciation. Hence the o'Flynns
are ancestors of the O'Linns and the
Films Of the Linns.
Flann takes sometimes a $50 tne .pA'
tronymic prefix Mac Hence the fam.
lily name MacFlinn. Bysaspiration Mac
lFhain becomes ancestor OF Mackiin;
or, by sonantization OF the Or
Magloln and McGloin.i. The latter again ga
the g" 70 adheretto the following "
| Hence the surnames OF the irish fam1-
lies Glynn and Glenn.
4 Similarly Flanagan by aspiration
7 te 81 nnr hell, - Popular etymology
has played about this surname since
the time of the old chrontclers, VINO
lLatinized 1t as De Bello Campo. oollle
would interpret this as the equivalent
OF the Norman Beauchamp. the Englsfl
Fairfield and others as the equivalent
4 OF Warfield. All in vain.
j Every place-name in Scotland sthat
]containssthe name Campbell Is known
/ to- have had its origin In the family
name Therefore. no place In Scotland
! gave rise to the family name
i THE family Is Scotch to the very
core and the pedigree has been traced
/ to the fifth century or long before
the surname period, so they We're
}|not Immigrants bringing a foreign
4 name. The name was for long time
1 Cambell, and the "p" was a late in
4 trusion. This finally demollshes any
derivation direct from the Latin cam
4 pus. 1t Is. In fact, a nickname, and,
Hike its fellow Cameron, owes Its gin
Ito a physical popularity OF its first
owner. 1t Is the Gaelic cam beul and
this means CROOKED mouth"
Cam is one of the few Gaelic ad-
ljectives that usually stand before the
gisuhstantives. 1t is Il frequent compon-
lent In both personal and place names.
\ lit Is camm In Odd Irish, cam in Irish,
4 Gaelic and Cornish. Camm or cam In
4 Cymric.} cam, kan, kamm IN Breton, all
ldescended from a porto-Celtic cambo-s,
Il .tcrooke ed, WY 80. a II Il +. z hi 81
i Among Its cognates we may mention
1.-The Gothic and Old SAXON ha!nf crook
y Led. curved the Old High German