Families of Isle of Man
Ellan Vannin
The Manx homeland — Norse-Gaelic kingdom, Crown Dependency, and the cradle of the C/K/Q surnames.
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Families seated in Isle of Man
- ChristianMann's first family — mutineer, martyr and Deemster.
- QuayleSon of Paul, contracted Manx-style — the island's signature surname.
- QuilliamSon of William — and the Manx hand at Nelson's wheel at Trafalgar.
- CorlettA Norse name in a Gaelic island — the Scandinavian thread in Manx blood.
- KnealeSon of Niall, worn smooth into a Manx name.
- QuirkOld Gaelic Mac Cuirc, clipped to a single Manx syllable.
- QuineSon of Conn — Manx on the island, scattered through the diaspora.
- CostainSon of Augustine — a Manx parish name turned builder's byword.
- CallisterSon of Alexander, made Manx — the Mac worn down to a hard C.