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Aulay is a Scottish masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Amhladh,^[1] Amhlaidh,^[1] Amhlaigh, and Amhlaibh.^[2] The standard Irish Gaelic form of these names is Amhlaoibh (pronounced [ˈəulˠiːvʲ],^[1] Munster Irish: [ˈəulˠiː]);^[3] which can be Anglicised as Auliffe^[1] and Humphrey.^[4]

The Old Irish personal name Amlaíb is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse Óláfr, and is recorded in the Annals of Ulster as being introduced into Ulster by "Amlaíb, son of the king of Lochlann"^[5]^[6] In the 9th century, Óláfr may have been pronounced more like the Old Norse Áleifr.^[7] A Classical Gaelic form of this Old Irish name is Amhlaíbh.

The older Irish Gaelic names Amalgaid^[4] and Amhalghaidh^[4] (pronounced "owl-ghee"),^[3] were borne by an early king of Munster, and an early king of Connacht. Even though these names were of a different origin than the above Gaelicised Norse names, they were "totally confused" in the later Middle Ages with them.^[4] In later times, Amalgaid and Amhalghaidh were Anglicised as Auley; as well as Awley, which was a spelling commonly used by the Magawleys of Calry.^[4]

In the Irish counties of Antrim and Armagh, Amley is found as a variant of Aulay or Auley and gives rise to the surname MacAmley or Macamley.^[8]

Notable people with these names

Personal name

Aulay

Aulay Macaulay, (died 1788), an English inventor of a system of shorthand.
Sir Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple, (–1617), a Scottish clan chief.
Aulay MacAulay Morrison, (1863–1942), a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Amhlaoibh

Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin, (1780–1838), an Irish language author, linen draper, politician, and one time hedge school master.

Amalgaid

Amalgaid mac Congalaig, (died 718), an Irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
Amalgaid mac Éndai, (died 601), an Irish king of Munster, from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eoganachta.
Amalgaid mac Fiachrae, (died 440), an Irish king of Connacht, from the Ui Fiachrach sept.

Amlaíb

Amlaíb Conung, (died c.875), a Norse or Norse-Gael leader in Ireland and Scotland in the years after 850.
Amlaíb mac Sitriuc, the son of the Norse-Gael king of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, a member of the Uí Ímharr dynasty.
Amlaíb Cuarán, a 10th-century Norse-Gael who was king of York and king of Dublin.
Amlaíb of Scotland, (died 977), was king of Scots during the 970s.
Amlaíb mac Gofraid (died 941), a member of the Norse-Gael Uí Ímair dynasty, was king of Dublin from 934 to 941.
Olaf II of Norway, the Norse-Gaels called him Amlaíb.
Amlaíb Ua Donnabáin (died 1201), king of Uí Chairpre Áebda slain by William de Burgh and the O'Briens.

Within a patronymic name

Amalgado

Conaing mac Amalgado, (died 742), an Irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
Cúán mac Amalgado, (died 641), an Irish king of Munster, from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eóganachta.
Dúngal mac Amalgado, (died 759), an Irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.

Other

Cín Lae Amhlaoibh, an Irish language diary written by Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin.
Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, (1926–1989), an Irish writer.
Dùn Anlaimh, a crannog located on the Hebridean island of Coll, Scotland.
Dunan Aula, a cist located in Craignish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; traditionally named after 'Olaf, son of the king of Denmark'.
Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs), Irish septs and clans.
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, (born 1978), an Irish musician and singer from County Kerry, Ireland.

"Hamlet" hypothesis

Hugh Kenner (1989) has argued that the name Amloði (the Old Icelandic form of the name Hamlet) originates with the Irish form Amhlaoibh.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 341, 342 399, 400. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
^ Dunkling, Leslie (1978). Scottish Christian Names: an A-Z of First Names. Johnston and Bacon. pp. 24, 143.
^ ^a ^b Cresswell, Julia (1996). Irish First Names. Collins Gem. HarperCollins. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-00-470942-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981). Gaelic personal names. Academy Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-906187-39-5.
^ Stafford, Pauline, ed. (2009). A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500-1100. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-1-4051-0628-3.
^ "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Amlaíb / Amhlaoibh". Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Woolf, Alex (2007). From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7486-1233-8.
^ Edward MacLysaght, Book of Irish Surnames, MacCamley
^ Kenner, Hugh (1989). A Colder Eye. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Paperbacks. pp. 82–83. ISBN 0-8018-3838-X.

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[Oxford-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 341, 342 399, 400. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

[Dunkling-2] Dunkling, Leslie (1978). Scottish Christian Names: an A-Z of First Names. Johnston and Bacon. pp. 24, 143.

[Cresswell-3] Cresswell, Julia (1996). Irish First Names. Collins Gem. HarperCollins. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-00-470942-0.

[ÓCorráin-4] Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981). Gaelic personal names. Academy Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-906187-39-5.

[Stafford-5] Stafford, Pauline, ed. (2009). A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500-1100. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-1-4051-0628-3.

[urlIndexofNames-6] "Index of Names in Irish Annals: Amlaíb / Amhlaoibh". Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[7] Woolf, Alex (2007). From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7486-1233-8.

[8] Edward MacLysaght, Book of Irish Surnames, MacCamley

[9] Kenner, Hugh (1989). A Colder Eye. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Paperbacks. pp. 82–83. ISBN 0-8018-3838-X.

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-'''Aulay''' is a Scottish masculine [[given name]]. It is an [[Anglicisation]] of the [[Scottish Gaelic]] '''''Amhladh''''',<ref name="Oxford"/> '''''Amhlaidh''''',<ref name="Oxford"/> '''''Amhlaigh''''',<!-- Need a ref for "Amhlaigh" --> and '''''Amhlaibh'''''.<ref name="Dunkling">{{cite book|title=Scottish Christian Names: an A-Z of First Names|last1=Dunkling|first1=Leslie|year=1978|publisher=Johnston and Bacon|pages=24, 143}}</ref> The standard [[Irish Gaelic]] form of these names is '''''Amhlaoibh''''' (pronounced 'ow-liv');<ref name="Oxford"/> which can be Anglicised as '''''Auliffe'''''<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Names|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|editor=Hardcastle, Kate|authorlink1=Patrick Hanks|year=2006|edition=2nd|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1|pages=341, 342 399, 400}}</ref> and ''[[Humphrey]]''.<ref name="ÓCorráin"/> The Old Irish personal name '''''Amlaíb''''' is a Gaelicised form of the [[Old Norse]] ''Óláfr'', which was introduced into the [[British Isles]] by the Norse during the [[Viking Age]].<ref name="Stafford">{{cite book|title=A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500-1100|editor=Stafford, Pauline|year=2009|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=978-1-405-10628-3|page=258-259}}</ref> In the 9th century ''Óláfr'' may have been pronounced more like the Old Norse ''Áleifr''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Woolf|first=Alex|authorlink=Alex Woolf|title=From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070|year=2007|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|location=Edinburgh|isbn=9780748612338|page=108}}</ref> A [[Classical Gaelic]] form of this Old Irish name is '''''Amhlaíbh'''''.<!-- Thomas Owen Clancy gives this spelling, for the son of the Mormaer of Lennox who lived within this time period, no actual ref for the spelling though --> The older Irish Gaelic names '''''Amalgaid''''' and '''''Amhalghaidh''''' were borne by an early [[king of Munster]], and an early [[king of Connacht]]. These old Irish names were, however, totally confused in the later Middle Ages with the Old Irish ''Amlaíb'' (which represented the an Old Norse personal name, see above).<ref name="ÓCorráin">{{cite book|title=Gaelic personal names|last1=Ó Corráin|first1=Donnchadh|last2=Maguire|first2=Fidelma|year=1981|publisher=Academy Press|isbn=9780906187395|page=22}}</ref> The native ''Amalgaid'' and ''Amhalghaidh'' in later times could be Anglicised as '''Auley'''; as well as '''Awley''', which was a spelling commonly used by the [[Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)#Mac Amhalghaidh (chiefs of Calraighe)|Magawleys of Calry]].<ref name="ÓCorráin"/>
+'''Aulay''' is a Scottish masculine [[given name]]. It is an [[Anglicisation]] of the [[Scottish Gaelic]] '''{{lang|gd|Amhladh}}''',<ref name="Oxford"/> '''{{lang|gd|Amhlaidh}}''',<ref name="Oxford"/> '''{{lang|gd|Amhlaigh}}''',<!-- Need a ref for "Amhlaigh" --> and '''{{lang|gd|Amhlaibh}}'''.<ref name="Dunkling">{{cite book|title=Scottish Christian Names: an A-Z of First Names|last1=Dunkling|first1=Leslie|year=1978|publisher=Johnston and Bacon|pages=24, 143}}</ref> The standard [[Irish Gaelic]] form of these names is '''''Amhlaoibh''''' ({{IPA|ga|ˈəulˠiːvʲ|pron}},<ref name="Oxford"/> {{IPA|ga-IE-M|ˈəulˠiː|lang}});<ref name="Cresswell"/> which can be Anglicised as '''''Auliffe'''''<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Names|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|editor=Hardcastle, Kate|author-link1=Patrick Hanks|year=2006|edition=2nd|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-861060-1|pages=341, 342 399, 400}}</ref> and ''[[Humphrey (disambiguation)|Humphrey]]''.<ref name="ÓCorráin"/>
+The Old Irish personal name '''''Amlaíb''''' is a [[Gaelicisation|Gaelicised]] form of the [[Old Norse]] ''[[Olaf (disambiguation)|Óláfr]]'', and is recorded in the [[Annals of Ulster]] as being introduced into Ulster by "Amlaíb, son of the king of Lochlann"<ref name="Stafford">{{cite book|title=A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500-1100|editor=Stafford, Pauline|year=2009|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=978-1-4051-0628-3|pages=258–259}}</ref><ref name="urlIndexofNames">{{cite web |url=http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Amlaib.shtml |title=Index of Names in Irish Annals: Amlaíb / Amhlaoibh |access-date=2013-06-05}}</ref> In the 9th century, ''Óláfr'' may have been pronounced more like the Old Norse ''Áleifr''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Woolf|first=Alex|author-link=Alex Woolf|title=From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070|url=https://archive.org/details/frompictlandtoal00wool|url-access=limited|year=2007|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-7486-1233-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/frompictlandtoal00wool/page/n124 108]}}</ref> A [[Classical Gaelic]] form of this Old Irish name is '''''Amhlaíbh'''''.<!-- Thomas Owen Clancy gives this spelling, for the son of the Mormaer of Lennox who lived within this time period, no actual ref for the spelling though -->
+The older Irish Gaelic names '''''Amalgaid'''''<ref name="ÓCorráin"/> and '''''Amhalghaidh'''''<ref name="ÓCorráin"/> (pronounced "owl-ghee"),<ref name="Cresswell">{{cite book|title=Irish First Names|series=[[Collins Gem]]|last=Cresswell|first=Julia|year=1996|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-00-470942-0|page=269}}</ref> were borne by an early [[king of Munster]], and an early [[king of Connacht]]. Even though these names were of a different origin than the above Gaelicised Norse names, they were "totally confused" in the later Middle Ages with them.<ref name="ÓCorráin">{{cite book|title=Gaelic personal names|last1=Ó Corráin|first1=Donnchadh|last2=Maguire|first2=Fidelma|year=1981|publisher=Academy Press|isbn=978-0-906187-39-5|page=22}}</ref> In later times, ''Amalgaid'' and ''Amhalghaidh'' were Anglicised as '''Auley'''; as well as '''Awley''', which was a spelling commonly used by the [[Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)#Mac Amhalghaidh (chiefs of Calraighe)|Magawleys of Calry]].<ref name="ÓCorráin"/>
+In the Irish counties of Antrim and Armagh, '''Amley''' is found as a variant of Aulay or Auley and gives rise to the surname [[McCamley|MacAmley]] or Macamley.<ref>Edward MacLysaght, ''Book of Irish Surnames, MacCamley''</ref>
+==Notable people with these names==
+<!-- please only include people with these names who have their own article on Wikipedia -->
-The old Irish Gaelic ''Amhlaide'' may be a form of the Icelandic ''Amloði''; though it may also be a form of ''Amhlaibh''.{{cn}}
-==Use of the names on Wikipedia==
 ===Personal name===
 ;Aulay
-*[[Aulay Macaulay]], (–''c''.1767), a Scottish clan chief, inventor of a system of shorthand.
+*[[Aulay Macaulay]], (died 1788), an English inventor of a system of shorthand.
 *Sir [[Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple]], (–1617), a Scottish clan chief.
-*[[Aulay MacAulay Morrison]], (1863-1942), a Canadian lawyer and politician.
+*[[Aulay MacAulay Morrison]], (1863–1942), a Canadian lawyer and politician.
 ;Amhlaoibh
 *[[Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin]], (1780–1838), an Irish language author, linen draper, politician, and one time hedge school master.
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 *[[Amlaíb Conung]], (died ''c''.875), a Norse or Norse-Gael leader in Ireland and Scotland in the years after 850.
 *[[Amlaíb mac Sitriuc]], the son of the Norse-Gael king of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, a member of the Uí Ímharr dynasty.
-*[[Amlaíb Cuarán]], a 10th century Norse-Gael who was king of York and king of Dublin.
+*[[Amlaíb Cuarán]], a 10th-century Norse-Gael who was king of York and king of Dublin.
 *[[Amlaíb of Scotland]], (died 977), was king of Scots during the 970s.
 *[[Amlaíb mac Gofraid (died 941)]], a member of the Norse-Gael Uí Ímair dynasty, was king of Dublin from 934 to 941.
+*[[Olaf II of Norway]], the Norse-Gaels called him Amlaíb.
+*[[Amlaíb Ua Donnabáin]] (died 1201), king of Uí Chairpre Áebda slain by William de Burgh and the O'Briens.
 ===Within a patronymic name===
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 *[[Conaing mac Amalgado]], (died 742), an Irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
 *[[Cúán mac Amalgado]], (died 641), an Irish king of Munster, from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eóganachta.
-*[[Dúngal mac Amalgado]], (died 759), an irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
+*[[Dúngal mac Amalgado]], (died 759), an Irish king of Brega, from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
 ===Other===
 *[[Cín Lae Amhlaoibh]], an Irish language diary written by Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin.
 *[[Dónall Mac Amhlaigh]], (1926–1989), an Irish writer.
+*[[Dùn Anlaimh]], a crannog located on the Hebridean island of Coll, Scotland.
+*[[Dunan Aula]], a cist located in Craignish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; traditionally named after 'Olaf, son of the king of Denmark'.
 *[[Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)]], Irish septs and clans.
 *[[Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh]], (born 1978), an Irish musician and singer from County Kerry, Ireland.
+=="Hamlet" hypothesis==
+[[Hugh Kenner]] (1989) has argued that the name ''[[Amloði]]'' (the Old Icelandic form of the name ''[[Hamlet]]'') originates with the Irish form ''Amhlaoibh''.<ref>{{cite book |title= A Colder Eye |last= Kenner |first= Hugh |author-link= Hugh Kenner|year= 1989 |publisher= Johns Hopkins Paperbacks |location= Baltimore MD|isbn= 0-8018-3838-X |pages= 82–83 }}</ref>
+==See also==
+*[[List of Irish-language given names]]
+*[[List of Scottish Gaelic given names]]
 ==References==
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+{{Gaelic names}}
+{{given name}}
-[[Category:Gaelic-language given names]]
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+[[Category:Scottish Gaelic-language given names]]
+[[Category:English-language masculine given names]]
+[[Category:Masculine given names]]
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Native feminine names	Aifric Áine Aisling Aodhnait Aoibheann Aoife Barrdhubh Bébhinn Bríd Cacht Caoimhe Ciara Clíona Cobhlaith Dearbháil Dearbhfhorghaill Deirbhile Deirdre Dubhchobhlaigh Éadaoin Eithne Feidhealm Fíneamhain Fíona Fionnuala Forbflaith Gormfhlaith Gráinne Íde Lasairfhíona Méabh Mór Muireann Muirgheal Niamh Nuala Órlaith Róisín Sadhbh Saoirse Síothmhaith Sláine Sorcha Úna
Germanic-derived masculine names	Amhlaoibh Annraoi Éamonn Gearóid Gofraid Íomhar Lochlann Liam Maghnus Raghnall Risteárd Roibeárd Séarlas Somhairle Tiobóid Ualtar
Bible-derived masculine names	Abracham Ádhamh Árón Biniáimin Daibhí Dainéal Eafráim Gaibrial Íosac Iósua Irimia Maitiú Maois Mícheál (Maidhc) Parthalán Samúéil Séamus Seán Seosamh Síomón Solamh Tomás
Bible-derived feminine names	Aibigeál Ánna Éabha Eilís Léá Madailéin Máire Mallaidh Náoimí Ráichéal Ríobhca Rút Seacailín Seosaimhín Sinéad Siobhán
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