ANSTHRLD - Name Documentation

Teceangl tierna at agora.rdrop.com
Mon May 24 00:37:24 PDT 1999


>     Black's Surnames of Scotland 
> Page 151 under Chrystal gives Crystal as a form of the name 
> and dates Cristall Knowis to 1549 and Christall Murray to 1561.  
> It is a diminutive form of Christopher.
>     Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames page 345 
> MacChrystall 'son of Christal' (a form of Christopher).
>     Withycombe page 70 entry Crystal gives Crystal and 
> Chrystal as a lowland Scot pet form of Christopher.

Note that these references make Crystal a masculine name.

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