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Oykell Surname Definition:
OYKELL: John Ekal alias Calder alias Machustan Macuillam in Arnoboll, 1768 (Durness), derived his name from Oykell or Oikell in Sutherland. Rob Donn, the Gaelic poet, was really a Calder from Oikell district, though now called a Mackay. His family registered in the eighteenth century as Makay Calder or Eckel.
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OYKELL: John Ekal alias Calder alias Machustan Macuillam in Arnoboll, 1768 (Durness), derived his name from Oykell or Oikell in Sutherland. Rob Donn, the Gaelic poet, was really a Calder from Oikell district, though now called a Mackay. His family registered in the eighteenth century as Makay Calder or Eckel.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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