Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man

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Os-RUpR, or As-THRUTH. Thruth was the name of a
goddess, who was a daughter of Thor and Sif.
This, according to Dr. Vigfusson, is a true Norse
name, though he has never met with it except on
the fragment of a cross at St. John's Chapel.
pARip, or Thorrid, a feminine derivative from porr, is
found on a cross at Onchan.
The following names of Celtic origin are also found
on the crosses :
DuFGAL, from diihh-gaU, ' black stranger,' still com-
mon in Scotland in the form MacDougall.
DouGAL, or DuGAL, is also used as a Christian
name.
Mal-Lumcun, or Mael-Lomchon, ' Lomchu's ser-
vant.' There is a Cill Lomchon in Ulster, dedi-
cated to St. Lomchu, whose name appears in the
Martyrology of Donegal, on the 9th of January.
The meaning of the name is not known.
UciFAT is something hke Ugfadan, a name given by
the Four Masters in a.d. 904.
Mur-ciolu, a female name, is the same as Myrgiol,
or Muirgheal, an Irish king's daughter, recorded
in the Landndmahoc.
The remaining names are difficult to identify :
Crinaas, the genitive of Crinaa, and Eabs cannot be
identified.
Onon may possibly be connected with the Norse
Onundr.
Druian, or Truian, seems the same name as Droian,
found in an ogam inscription in the Shetlands. It
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