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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"/> and "owl-lee");<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|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 (disambiguation)|Humphrey]]''.<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 |format= |work= |accessdate=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|authorlink=Alex Woolf|title=From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070|year=2007|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-7486-1233-8|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 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"/>
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>
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==
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=="Hamlet" hypothesis==
=="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 |authorlink= Hugh Kenner|year= 1989 |publisher= Johns Hopkins Paperbacks |location= Baltimore MD|isbn= 0-8018-3838-X |pages= 82–83 }}</ref>
[[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==
==References==
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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

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Personal name

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Aulay
Amhlaoibh
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

Within a patronymic name

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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

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"Hamlet" hypothesis

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Dunkling, Leslie (1978). Scottish Christian Names: an A-Z of First Names. Johnston and Bacon. pp. 24, 143.
  3. ^ a b Cresswell, Julia (1996). Irish First Names. Collins Gem. HarperCollins. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-00-470942-0.
  4. ^ a b c d e Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981). Gaelic personal names. Academy Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-906187-39-5.
  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.
  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.