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View Name: Erskine


ERSKINE
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
PRONOUNCED: UR-skien   [key]
Meaning & History
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic. A famous bearer of the name was the Irish novelist and nationalist Erskine Childers (1870-1922).
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