[ANSTHRLD] Iain MacWhelan
Kathleen O'Brien
kobrien at bmc.com
Tue Jul 17 09:52:49 PDT 2001
>Submitter is looking for a late period Scots name. He believes Iain
>MacWhelan would be a gaelic version of John son of Wolf. I am
>looking for documentation for the name and for the translation if
>this one is not correct.
>thanks in advance...
>-Seanan
If he's interested in authenticity, he will want to read the Problem Names
article on "Iain" at:
http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml
Some spellings of "John" in Scots are found at:
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/symonFreser/scottish14/
Black should be a good source for the rest of the name.
Mari
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