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name), the Latin Niger and Tuscus, the Celtic Aidan (=Niger), Dugald 

 (=the dark stranger), Douglas* [i.e. black and blue), Dibdin {i.e. dubh 

 duin or black man) Roderick Dhu, Evan Dbu, Macduff, Duff and Dee, 

 the German Schwarz, the Polish Czerny, the Russian Tschernitscheff, 

 the French Le Noir, Le Brun, Maurice {/j-avpos, Mauritius, Mauri- 

 tania, Moor), Morean, Mosell, &c.; the English Nigel, O'Neal (from 

 Niger), Blackman, Blacklock, Black, &c. Thus O'Connor Don means 

 O'Connor the brown-haired, though a popular error used to prevail 

 that the Don was a title of honour derived from the Spanish. 



Of names derived from the fairness of their complexion, we have the 

 Latin Flavius and Albinus, the Celtic Fingall (=the fair stranger), the 

 Saxon Harfager (the same as Fair-fax or the Fair-headed), Blondel, 

 Blundell, Bianconi, Weissman, Fairbairn, Fairchild, White, Whiteman, 

 Whitehead, Whitelocke, Lilywhite, and others. 



It is curious to observe the number of celebrated characters who have 

 derived their names from the redness of their hair, face, or beard. We 

 have the Greek Pyrrhus, Frederick Barbarossa (i.e. Frederick with 

 the red beard) of the earlier Crusade, together with his name-sake 

 Barbarot^a-, who figured so conspicuously in the first French revolution ; 

 we have the Norman William Ruhis, the valiant Prince i?Mpert, the 

 poet and sentimentalist Boussean, the nuisician Eossmi, the statesman 

 Russell, and the freebooter Rob Roij. To these celebrated names we 

 might add others less notorious, as the Latin i^ttfinus, i?Mpillus, 

 Ewtilius, Burrus, and ^nobarbus ; and among foreign and English 

 names Euprecht, Robert Rossi, Leroux, Rous, Rothman, Ruddemann, 

 Rudd, Reed, Redhead, Redman, O'Connor Roe, and the Celtic Lloyd 

 and Gough. 



Besides these derived from the nature of the hair or complexion, we 

 have a vast number of other names taken from the general appearance 

 of the individual. We have for instance our " Longs " and our " Shorts," 

 our " Biggs " and our " Littles " and " Smalls," our " Stouts " and 

 our "Thynnes," our " Planes " and our "Hansoms," our "Quicks" 

 and our " Slomans." 



A large proportion of this class of names take their rise from the 

 prowess of the original owners in war, such for instance as Strong- 

 i-the-arm, Armstrong, Wightman {i.e. Strong-man), Mitchell (i.e. 



• There is a small village in Carnarvonshire called " Llan<iula8," which the inhabitants, 

 when they wish to express its name in English, always term " black and blue," {du:^black, 

 (g)las;=blue). The "du" we have in Du(b)lin i.e. black pool ; and the readers of Waverley 

 will recollect that the English and Scotch soldiers are there respectively cbaraclerised as 

 " sidier roy" and " sidior dhu," according as they wore the scarlet uniform or the tartan 

 plaid. 



