MacAskill
MacAskill, also spelt Macaskill, is a surname. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Asgaill, meaning "son of Asgall". The Gaelic name Asgall is a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill.[1] The name is borne by a noted family on Skye, the MacAskills of Rubha an Dùnain, who historically followed the MacLeods of Dunvegan, possibly serving them as early as the fourteenth century (although documentation is lacking).[2] In Gaelic the MacAskills are known as Clann t-Ascaill,[3] and Clann t-Asgaill.[4] In Scottish Gaelic, the surname is rendered MacAsgaill.[5] In Irish, the surname is rendered Mac Ascaill.[6] Early forms of the name on record in Scotland are Mackaiscail (in 1766), Mackaiscal (in 1769), and Macaiskill (in 1790).[7] An early form of the name in England is Mac Askil (in 1311).[8]
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People
- Angus MacAskill (1825-1863), known as the world's largest "true" giant
- Danny MacAskill, a stunt cyclist
- Dianne Macaskill, Chief Executive and Chief Archivist of Archives New Zealand
- Glenn Macaskill, an author currently living in South Africa
- Ishbel MacAskill (1941-2011), Gaelic singer
- Kenny MacAskill (born 1958), a Scottish National Party politician
- Klara MacAskill (born 1964), a Hungarian born Canadian sprint canoer
Places
- MacAskills Lake, a lake of Inverness County, in north-western Nova Scotia, Canada
See also
Citations
- ↑ MacAskill (n.d.); McCaskill (n.d.).
- ↑ Martin (2014).
- ↑ de Bhulbh (1997) p. 258.
- ↑ Black (1971) p. 454.
- ↑ Mark (2003) p. 720.
- ↑ de Bhulbh (1997) p. 258.
- ↑ Black (1971) p. 454.
- ↑ Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 290.
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