Hi Onyeibo, On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 19:42 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote: > Meanwhile here is an intel on the name Laughlin: > > Meaning of "Laughlin" > Irish name > In Irish, the name Laughlin means- servant. > The name Laughlin orginated as an Irish name. > The name Laughlin is most often used as a boy name or male name. > > Irish Name Meaning - servant > Origin - Ireland So it seems Laughlin is an Anglicization of *two* different names! Indeed one of them, ó Máeilsheáchlainn in Gaeilge, means "servant of St. Secundums." Malachy is a common contemporary firstname form of this name. The other is Ó Lochlainn in Gaeilge, for which the meaning is 'descendant of the Viking', literally 'descendant of the lake/fjord lands' [2,3]. I put together a few galleries of CC-BY and CC-BY-SA Fjord photos :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/mairin/galleries/72157623919296213/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mairin/galleries/72157624043764928/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mairin/galleries/72157623919464721/ ~m [1] http://www.libraryireland.com/names/men/maeleachlainn-maelsheachlainn-melaghlin.php [2] http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&Surname=McLaughlin [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLoughlin _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
