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View Name: Somerled


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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