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Is There Really Such A Name As MacGhillesheathanaich?
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Yes there is. It is a Scottish surname.
It may derive from Seghine or Segineus who was fifth abbot of Hi circa 623-652 , Seghine's slave,or Mac Gille Sheaghaine or Mac Gille Seathain 'son of the servant'.
It was Anglicised as Shaw in Argyll and found in this form on the isle ofJura. A Duncan M'Gilleshaanich in 1506 on the Isle of Islay.
and the name was also found on Siell in 1669.
The late Hector MacLean of Islay in Personal and tribal names of the Gaels mentions it as meaning 'son of the servant of the hunter'.
It is an umcommon name in Scotland today?
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