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

Mold, possibly from Maol, ' tonsured.'
MoLDONNY, possibly from Maol-duine, ' tonsured man.'
Ranold and Renold are corruptions of Reginald
(see Crennell and Crellin).
Silvester (Latin), ' Living in a wood.'
Symond and Symyn are connected with the Hebrew
Simeon.
(b) Women.
In the early registers Avericke is common, and there
are also the forms Aurick and Arick. The name
probably became popular from having been that
of AuFRiCA, or Affrica, daughter of Olave the
Black, and heiress of the kingdom of Man, who, in
1305, conveyed her right and interest in the Isle of
Man to her husband. Sir Simon de Montacute.
Bahee, Bahie, and Bahy, which sometimes degene-
rate into Baggy, are obscure. Miss Yonge trans-
lates Bahee, ' life,' but gives no authority*
There are a number of names with the prefix cally, a
corruption oicailleach, 'a nun, or handmaid,' which
is equivalent to Giolla, prefixed to a man's name,
thus : Callycrist, ' Christ's handmaid ' ; Cally-
brid, ' Bridget's handmaid ' ; Callypharick and
Callypherick, ' Patrick's handmaid '; Callyborry,
Call^h^'orrey, and Callaughworry, ' Mary's
handmaid'; Callychrowney, probably ' Rooney's
handmaid.' Rooney, Latinised into Runius,
is the patron saint of Marown parish church.
Coonie and Cooney ?
Iny, Ine, Innee, and Inny, usually mean ' daughter,'
being corruptions of inneen. Thus we find in
* Christian Names, Charlotte M. Yonge.