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78 MH^nx Suttnami^a.
appellations from a personal peculiarity, as kione-
heg, ' little head,' and so we must suppose that the
Christian names were appended to the original
forms, as Juan-y-kin-vig, 'John of little-head,'
Steen-y-kin-raad, ' Stephen of road-end,' where
these titles refer to Jitan's and Steen's abodes, and
that their sons would be Mac Kinvig and Mac
KiNRAADE, the Mac being soon omitted.
Kinvig [1641], Kinked [1611], Kinrade [1622],
Kindred [1644].
There are only two names denoting nationality :
Cretney [1611], a contraction of Mac Bretnagh,
' Welshman's son ' ; and Mac Finloe and Fynlo
[1511] (obsolete), 'Dane's son,' and 'Dane,' but
this latter derivation is very doubtful.
Note. — The still existing, though very uncommon,
name Creetch [1698] , which was found in the forms
Crech [1621], and Creech [164 i]; and the following
obsolete names, all probably of Celtic origin, which
are found in our early documents, are very obscure.
Possibly some of them are incorrectly transcribed.
Mac Dowytt, Mac Essas (possibly from Esaias) [1408],
Mac Knalytt [1417], Mac Crowton, Mac Howe
[1422], Mac Effe, Mac Kimbe, Mac Quantie
[1430], Mac Caure, Mac Cure, Cundre (which
survived till quite recentl}^), and Mac Cundre,
GiLHAST and Mac Gilhast, Mac Clenerent,
Mac Crave, Mac Kym, Mac Lynean, Mac Lolan
(possibly for MacLellan), Mac Quartag, Quate
and QuoTT [1511], Mac Vrimyn [1532].