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This is a long shot, but I know of know uk equivalent of this board to ask so I'm relying on you guys.
I recently came across this very strange feminine name, Anaple, in the local cemetery. At first I thought it looked Greek, but on further research it seems to be almost entirely reserved to Ayrshire, Scotland (apart from a few instances in the Scottish borders). It's not a local place name and it doesn't look like a Gaelic, Scots or English word, so I'm intrigued as to its origin.
Ayr was a port town and I thought it could be from a foreign surname, but as a surname it appears to be very rare, and only found amoung a few Americans, which suggests it might come from Ayrshire emigrants with this as a family first name.
I also thought it might be a Scottish form of Annabel, as it is found as Anapel and Annaple, but these forms seem to be rarer than the Anaple spelling and it wouldn't explain why it is only really found in Ayrshire.
Hovoplodok-doplodovok-plovodokot-doplodokosh?
Splgraw fok fok splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
~The Loch Ness Monster Song~
Edwin Morgan
I recently came across this very strange feminine name, Anaple, in the local cemetery. At first I thought it looked Greek, but on further research it seems to be almost entirely reserved to Ayrshire, Scotland (apart from a few instances in the Scottish borders). It's not a local place name and it doesn't look like a Gaelic, Scots or English word, so I'm intrigued as to its origin.
Ayr was a port town and I thought it could be from a foreign surname, but as a surname it appears to be very rare, and only found amoung a few Americans, which suggests it might come from Ayrshire emigrants with this as a family first name.
I also thought it might be a Scottish form of Annabel, as it is found as Anapel and Annaple, but these forms seem to be rarer than the Anaple spelling and it wouldn't explain why it is only really found in Ayrshire.
Splgraw fok fok splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
~The Loch Ness Monster Song~
Edwin Morgan
This message was edited 4/11/2008, 3:07 AM
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