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Help[Surname] Irish surname meaning "green"
Are there any such surnames? Maybe versions of the names Odharnait & Odhrán or maybe an Irish variant of Irving? Or maybe related to any other term for green like "glas"?
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Glass is a common Irish surname.
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but... does it mean "green" or does it mean "glass"?
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It means green. Glass is gloine in Irish.
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Thanks :D
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Glas means green when used to describe trees, grass etc., but grey for humans and animals.
Another Irish word for green is Uaine. There was a man's name Uaine, englished as Owney, and a surname based on the name, Ó hUainín ('descendant of little Owney') which has become Honeen, Honan, and Greene, as the English language replaced the Irish.
Other surnames that have sometimes become Green(e) under English influence are O'Grehan (Ó Gréacháin), O'Greenan (Ó Grianáin), and MacGlashan, which last is based on the word 'glas'. According to Edward MacLysaght ("The Surnames of Ireland" et al.) in Ireland the surnames Green and Greene are very rarely borne by descendants of English Green(e)s.
Glass as a Gaelic surname belongs to Scotland as well as Ireland.
Another Irish word for green is Uaine. There was a man's name Uaine, englished as Owney, and a surname based on the name, Ó hUainín ('descendant of little Owney') which has become Honeen, Honan, and Greene, as the English language replaced the Irish.
Other surnames that have sometimes become Green(e) under English influence are O'Grehan (Ó Gréacháin), O'Greenan (Ó Grianáin), and MacGlashan, which last is based on the word 'glas'. According to Edward MacLysaght ("The Surnames of Ireland" et al.) in Ireland the surnames Green and Greene are very rarely borne by descendants of English Green(e)s.
Glass as a Gaelic surname belongs to Scotland as well as Ireland.
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Thanks :D
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