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SOMERLED
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Scottish
Meaning & History
Anglicized form of the
Old Norse
name
Somarliðr
meaning "summer traveller". This was the name of a 12th-century Scottish warlord who created a kingdom on the Scottish islands.
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VARIANTS:
Somhairle
,
Sorley
OTHER LANGUAGES:
Somarliðr
(Ancient Scandinavian)
,
Somhairle
,
Sorley
(Irish)
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