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