This item was on the 10-2011 LoAR

4: Ciarán MacAlasdair - New Name

Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Culture (12th-13th century Scots) most important.

Originally submitted as Ciarain MacAlasdair, this name was changed at Kingdom to fit the documentation.

Ciarán - Mari nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Ciarán <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/ciaran.shtml>, cites Ciarán to 1061.

MacAlasdair - Mari nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien), Index of Names in Irish Annals: Alaxandar, Alaxandair (Alasdrann, Alasdar) <http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Alaxandar.shtml>, cites Eoin, mac Alasdair to 1465.

There is one SFPP for the time difference.