MacAskill

MacAskill, also spelt Macaskill, is a surname. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Asgaill, meaning "son of Asgall". The Gaelic name Asgall is a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill.[1] The name is borne by a noted family on Skye, the MacAskills of Rubha an Dùnain, who historically followed the MacLeods of Dunvegan, possibly serving them as early as the fourteenth century (although documentation is lacking).[2] In Gaelic the MacAskills are known as Clann t-Ascaill,[3] and Clann t-Asgaill.[4] In Scottish Gaelic, the surname is rendered MacAsgaill.[5] In Irish, the surname is rendered Mac Ascaill.[6] Early forms of the name on record in Scotland are Mackaiscail (in 1766), Mackaiscal (in 1769), and Macaiskill (in 1790).[7] An early form of the name in England is Mac Askil (in 1311).[8]

Notable persons with the name include:

See also

Citations
  1. MacAskill (n.d.); McCaskill (n.d.).
  2. Martin (2014).
  3. de Bhulbh (1997) p. 258.
  4. Black (1971) p. 454.
  5. Mark (2003) p. 720.
  6. de Bhulbh (1997) p. 258.
  7. Black (1971) p. 454.
  8. Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 290.

References
  • Black, GF (1971) [1946]. The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History. New York: The New York Public Library. ISBN 0-87104-172-3. OL 8346130M – via Open Library.
  • de Bhulbh, S (1997). Sloinnte na h-Éireann: Irish Surnames. Limerick: Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa Teo. ISBN 0-9530560-0-7. OL 316008M – via Open Library.
  • "Macaskill Family History". Ancestry.com. n.d. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  • Mark, C (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-27706-6.
  • Martin, C (2014). "A Maritime Dominion — Sea-Power and the Lordship". In Oram, RD (ed.). The Lordship of the Isles. The Northern World: North Europe and the Baltic c. 400–1700 AD. Peoples, Economics and Cultures (series vol. 68). Leiden: Brill. pp. 176–199. doi:10.1163/9789004280359_009. ISBN 978-90-04-28035-9. ISSN 1569-1462.
  • "Mccaskill Family History". Ancestry.com. n.d. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  • Reaney, PH (1995). Wilson, RM (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-8631464.
  • "Skye's Hidden History – Discover the Clan MacAskill homeland of Rubh' an Dùnain, now a scheduled Scottish national monument" – via Historic Environment Scotland.
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