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MacAomlinn Surname Definition:

MACAOMLINN: "The personal name Aomlinn or Amalyn is rare; it appears first in Highland history as the name of a brother of the earl of Lennox in 1224-Hamelan, Hamelin, and Amelec or Ameleus, evidently a mixture of the Gaelic name Amalgaid and the English Hammelin or Hamblin, the latter prevailing in the end" (Macbain).

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MACAOMLINN: "The personal name Aomlinn or Amalyn is rare; it appears first in Highland history as the name of a brother of the earl of Lennox in 1224-Hamelan, Hamelin, and Amelec or Ameleus, evidently a mixture of the Gaelic name Amalgaid and the English Hammelin or Hamblin, the latter prevailing in the end" (Macbain). See under Aulay. In Arran M'Amelyne, M'Omelyne, M'Emlinn is the Gaelic patronymic of the Bannatynes of Kames. See also Macemlinn. G. D. P. In the Weekly Scotsman says it also occurs as Mac-Ciomlain, MacAmlain, MacEamailain, Mac-Maoljain. and MacAmelyne. Hamelin is a double diminutive of Hamo(II).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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