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| IT'S ALL IN A NAME .......... |
| AHERN Originally, � hEachthighearna meant "lord of the horse". The family were said to be descended from Echtigern who was a brother of the High King of Ireland, Brian Boru. They were of the Dalcassians, an important sept in the area between Sixmilebridge and Limerick in County Clare. |
| COX English Patronymic Name (Patronymic surnames identify the father). In medieval times, the term cock was used to denote the young man who strutted proudly like a rooster, and it came to designate any young man. Cox is a version of Cock. |
| CRAIG Originated in the area of the Picts, the eastern portion of Scotland, where they (Picts) were allowed to settle on condition that all their Kings agree to marry an Irish Princess. |
| ALEXANDER "Defender of men" (Greek); often through the two Scottish kings. |
| ANDERSON "Son of Andrew." |
| ANDREWS "Manly Greek," the first-called disciple. |
| APPLEBY "Apple farm" (Old English, Old Norse), places in England. |
| ARNOLD "Eagle power" (Germanic), places in England. |
| BAILEY "Bailiff, crown official or keeper of a royal building". |
| BALL "Ball," as in 'as fat as a', or "bald" (literally balled; a ball being a bare patch); or "Balle" (Old Norse). |
| BARNES "Of the barn (originally 'barley house')." |
| BARNETT "Commerce,chaffering" or "trouble or fraud". |
| BOWLES "Heavy drinker" or "maker/seller of bowls". |
| BOYD "Yellow-haired" (Scots Gaelic). |
| BROWN "Brown haired/skinned". |
| BRUCE Originally from a place in Normandy. |
| BURT "Bright, handsome." |
| BURTON "Manor house enclosure" or "fortified farm". |
| BUTTON "Button maker". |
| CARTER "Maker/driver of carts." |
| CLARK "Cleric, clerk, scholar." |
| CLAY "Place with clay." |
| CLEARY "Descendant of the clerk" (Irish). |
| COFFEY Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Chobhthaigh". |
| COLLIER "Charcoal burner/seller". |
| COLLINS In England, double diminuitive of "Nicholas." In Ireland, derived from "O Cullane (=son of Whelp?)." |
| COOPER "Barrel/bucket maker" (Middle English/Germanic/Low Latin). |
| CORBETT "Black hair" (Old French). |
| COSTELLO "Son of Jocelyn" (Irish). |
| COULSON "Son of Cole." |
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