De-Anglicisation of Names

[lethearen]

Fun thread, you have a way with words, Sean! My mother's maiden name is Ferguson, which I think translates to Mac Fearghus, IIRC. My dad was adopted, so don't know too much about his side of the family. His biological father was a Laing. The name has a registered tartan, but as for whether it's actually Scottish or what it means, I haven't the foggiest

[slohairt]

Fun thread, you have a way with words, Sean! My mother's maiden name is Ferguson, which I think translates to Mac Fearghus, IIRC. My dad was adopted, so don't know too much about his side of the family. His biological father was a Laing. The name has a registered tartan, but as for whether it's actually Scottish or what it means, I haven't the foggiest

More or less. The original Scottish Gaelic form of Ferguson is Mac Fearghais. (Pronounced MAC FER-GISH or MAC FER-YISH).

Laing is the Scots word for 'long'. It would therefore be a descriptive name.