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Help[Facts] Cruitín
Does anyone know what the personal name Cruitín means? I found in Ancestry.com that it is a byname for a hunchback, but I’m not really sure about this.
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About posting here: you should always at minimum post the language you are asking about and where you found the information.
However, I assume you are talking about the entry https://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=mccurtain. If you are, my own research supports the byname etymology. A list of the original Irish forms can be found here: https://www.gaois.ie/en/surnames/10796.
Additionally, "cruitín" is a diminutive of "cruit" which means "hunch; hump" which can be found here with links to dictionaries and corpora: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruit. Also listed on Wiktionary, is "cruitíneach" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruitíneach) which is derived from "cruitín". The word "cruitín" itself seems to have fallen out of usage.
Edit: And I found the word itself here: https://dil.ie/search?q=cruitín
However, I assume you are talking about the entry https://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=mccurtain. If you are, my own research supports the byname etymology. A list of the original Irish forms can be found here: https://www.gaois.ie/en/surnames/10796.
Additionally, "cruitín" is a diminutive of "cruit" which means "hunch; hump" which can be found here with links to dictionaries and corpora: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruit. Also listed on Wiktionary, is "cruitíneach" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruitíneach) which is derived from "cruitín". The word "cruitín" itself seems to have fallen out of usage.
Edit: And I found the word itself here: https://dil.ie/search?q=cruitín
This message was edited 12/31/2024, 8:39 AM
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So, is this a first name or a surname? I’ll assume it’s a first name for now since you didn’t mention that.
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For the stem, "Cruitín", it would be neither: it would be a byname (i.e. a nickname used in place of a person's real name). As a formal name (initially "Mac Cruitín") it would be a surname.
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