What nationality is Ruthoven?

What nationality is Ruthoven?

Scottish: habitational name traditionally pronounced ‘Ri-ven’ from Ruthven by Huntingtower (Perthshire); also possibly from Ruthven (Angus) and various other places of that name throughout Scotland named either with Gaelic ruadh ‘red’ + mhaighin ‘place’ or with a cognate of Welsh rhudd faen ‘red stone’.

What nationality is Ruthven?

Ruthven family, Noble Scottish family prominent in the 16th century. Its members included Lord Patrick Ruthven (c. 1520–1566), provost of Perth (1553–66) and Protestant privy councillor to Mary, Queen of Scots.

What nationality is Rijthoven?

Tim van Rijthoven

What nationality is Hille?

German and Dutch: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name with the element hild ‘strife’ such as Hillebrand .

Is mclay Scottish?

McClay is a Scottish surname. It is a Highland’s adaption of the Irish Gaelic Mac Duinnshléibhe (Anglicised Donlevy) where the Scots aspirated the “D” and then dropped the final “e” from the Irish language form of the name.

What ethnicity is Erdman?

The name Erdman is rooted in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a name for someone who worked as a guardian of cattle or sheep. The surname Erdman is derived from the Old English word hierdeman, which means herdman.