Armstrong (surname)
| Armstrong | |
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| Faimily name | |
| Meanin | Son o strang man |
| Region o origin | Scotland |
Armstrong is a surname o the Mairches oreegin. It derives frae a Middle Inglis elkname which meant someane wi strang airms. In Ireland the name wis adoptit as a Anglicization o twa Gaelic names frae Ulster: Mac Thréinfhir (meanin "son o the strang man") an Ó Labhraidh Tréan (meanin "strang O'Lavery").[1] Clan Armstrong is a clan frae the border aurie atween Ingland an Scotland.[2] The Scots Armstrong is reputit tae hae been oreeginally bestoued bi "a antient (sic) keeng o Scotland" upon "Fairbairn, his armour-bearer" follaeing a act o strenth in battle.[3]
Frae the name Ó Labhraidh Tréan (meanin "strang O'Lavery" an sometimes written in Anglo-Erse as "Tréanlámagh") the follaein surnames survive: "Trainor", Traynor", O'Lavery", "McLavery", an "MacLavery". Awtho the name "Armstrong" is quite common in the Aghagallon an Glenavy aurie o Coonty Antrim in Northren Ireland, the ither names are tae be foond athin the 9 Ulster Coonties an Scotland, especially alang the wast coast.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Dictionary of American Family Names". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 Juin 2011.
- ↑ Dobson, David (2003), The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America (Google Book), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, pp. 4–5, ISBN 0-8063-5209-4, OCLC 52732092, retrieved 1 Januar 2012
Additional OCLC records exist for same book. - ↑ Lower, Mark Antony (1844), "Historical Surnames", Essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological and humorous: with chapters of rebuses and canting arms, the roll of Battel abbey, a list of latinized surnames, &c., &c. (Google Book), Essays on English Surnames (2nd ed.), London: John Russell Smith, p. 212, OCLC 674415725, retrieved 1 Januar 2012
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