Ailean

'S e ainm Gàidhlig a th' ann an Ailean..^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] 'S e ainm baistidh fireann a th’ ann. Tha an t-ainm co-ionnann leis an ainm Beurla Alan, no Allan is Allen a bhios cumanta anns na Stàitean Aonaichte.^[5] 'S e Alain an t-ainm Frangach airson Ailean.^[5]

Bunachas

Thathar den bheachd gur e ainm Ceilteach a tha ann an Ailean, is dòcha gun tàinig e bho fhacal a bha a' ciallachadh "creig". Thàinig e don Bhreatainn le luchd-leantainn de William the Conqueror san 11mh linn.^[5]

Cruthan eile

Daoine ainmeil air a bheil an t-ainm "Ailean"

mar Alan

mar Allan

Allan Macrae

ann an ainmean-àite

Drochaid Ailein

Faic cuideachd

Ainmean Gàidhealach

Iomraidhean

↑ MacLeod, Rev. Norman & Rev. Daniel Dewar, A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language in Two Parts, 1831, d.1006
↑ Dwelly, Edward, (1994 [1901-11]) The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary Glasgow: Gairm, dd.1103-1030.
↑ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, d. 714, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (faidhle docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. d.12
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2003), Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. td.6,7; ISBN 0-19-860764-4

[MacLeod_&_Dewar,_d.1006-1] MacLeod, Rev. Norman & Rev. Daniel Dewar, A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language in Two Parts, 1831, d.1006

[Dwelly_1911-2] Dwelly, Edward, (1994 [1901-11]) The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary Glasgow: Gairm, dd.1103-1030.

[3] Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, d. 714, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

[4] Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (faidhle docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. d.12

[Hanks-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2003), Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. td.6,7; ISBN 0-19-860764-4

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