MÁEL MÁEDÓC m Ancient IrishMeans
"disciple of Saint MÁEDÓC" in Irish. Saint Máel Máedóc (also known as Malachy) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh.
MÁEL SECHNAILL m Ancient IrishMeans
"disciple of Saint SEACHNALL" in Irish. This was the name of two Irish high kings: Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid who ruled all of Ireland in the 9th century; and Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (called Malachy) who defeated the Norse of Dublin in the 10th century.
MALCOLM m Scottish, EnglishFrom Scottish Gaelic
Máel Coluim, which means
"disciple of Saint COLUMBA". This was the name of four kings of Scotland starting in the 10th century, including Malcolm III, who became king after killing Macbeth, the usurper who had murdered his father. The character Malcolm in Shakespeare's tragedy
Macbeth (1606) is based on him. Another famous bearer was Malcolm X (1925-1965), an American civil rights leader.
MALONE m & f English (Rare)From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of
Ó Maoil Eoin meaning
"descendant of a disciple of Saint JOHN".
NAOMHÁN m Irish, ScottishMeans
"little saint", derived from Irish
naomh "saint" combined with a diminutive suffix.
SANCHO m Spanish, PortuguesePossibly a Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name
Sanctius, which was derived from the word
sanctus meaning
"saintly, holy". Alternatively,
Sancho and
Sanctius may be derived from an older Iberian name. This was the name of a 9th-century saint who was martyred by the Moors at Cordoba. It was also borne by several Spanish and Portuguese kings. Miguel de Cervantes used it in his novel
Don Quixote (1605), where it belongs to the squire of Don Quixote.
SANTIAGO m Spanish, PortugueseMeans
"Saint James", derived from Spanish
santo "saint" combined with
Yago, an old Spanish form of
JAMES, the patron saint of Spain. This is the name of the capital city of Chile, as well as several other cities in the Spanish-speaking world.
SANTO m ItalianMeans
"saint" in Italian, ultimately from Latin
sanctus.
SEYMOUR m EnglishFrom a Norman surname that originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur (which means "Saint
MAURUS").
SINCLAIR m & f English (Rare)From a surname that was derived from a Norman French town called "Saint
CLAIR". A notable bearer was the American author Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951).
TELMO m Portuguese, SpanishDerived from a misdivision of Spanish
Santelmo meaning
"saint ELMO". This name is given in honour of Pedro González Telmo, a 13th-century Spanish priest.
TOUSSAINT m FrenchMeans
"all saints" in French. This is the name of a Christian festival celebrated on November 1.