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Aitken (surname)
The surname Aitken is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name ''Aitken'', which is in turn a form of the name '' Adam''. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 its frequency was highest in Peeblesshire (23.6 times the British average), followed by Linlithgowshire, Haddingtonshire, Stirlingshire, Fife, Dunbartonshire, Clackmannanshire, Shetland, Edinburghshire and Ayrshire. The name Aitken may refer to: * Abbi Aitken-Drummond (born 1991), Scottish cricketer * A.J. Aitken, Scottish lexicographer * Alexander Aitken, New Zealand mathematician * Andrew Aitken, one of several people including ** Andrew Aitken (footballer, born 1909), (1909–1984), English footballer ** Andrew Peebles Aitken (1843–1904), Scottish agricultural chemist ** Andy Aitken (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1955), Scottish footballer * Anne Hopkins Aitken (1911–1994), American Buddhist * Aubrey Aitken (1911–1985), second Bishop of Lynn, 1972–1986 * Bill Aitken, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Language
Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Isles and northern Ulster, it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or Broad Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Goidelic Celtic language that was historically restricted to most of the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides and Galloway after the 16th century. Modern Scots is a sister language of Modern English, as the two diverged independently from the same source: Early Middle English (1150–1300). Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland, a regional or minority language of Europe, as well as a vulnerable language by UNESCO. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Scottish Census, over 1.5 million people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots. As there are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
