Whats in a name?

Question

In the Book Historic Memorials of the Stewarts of Fothergill, Perthshire, edited by Charls Poyntz Stewart M.A. on page 26 there is a reference to the marriage of Isabel Stewart to Angus M'Ane Woif M'Condoquky.

Can any one throw some light on this Angus M'Ane Woif M'Condoquky?

Answer 1

Search Results from Historical Records

1-1 of 1 results for Name: Angus M'Ane Woif McCondoquky, Event: Birth, Place: Perthshire, Scotland, Event Range: 1560-1560

Name	Events
McCondoquhy Find A Grave Index	death: 1574 burial: Fortingall Parish Churchyard, Fortingall, Fortingall, Perth and Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, Scotland

Answer 2

It's an OCR error. The actual text says "Angus M'Ane Woir M'Condoquhy".

https://archive.org/stream/historicmemorial00stew#page/n83/mode/2up

Probably someone googled and found the OCR text without realizing that it was OCR.

Comments

M' is the patronymic prefix. It's interchangeable with Mac or Mc.

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You should probably read "Ane Woir" as the name of a single person too. Woir might be the genitive of "mor", Gaelic for "large" or "great". It's a very common epithet.