Scotland Picts

[persguru]

I have just begun to trace my family Surname (Baney); I have discovered that it has Pictish origins. I can find information on the internet about the Picts, but I was wondering if anyone had any source suggestions that are not on the internet.

[DJHawkes]

lol
they didn't use surnames until the 12th century, Baney means 'hardy bear' the picts were iron age, if you get a direct line back to the 12th century you're a better man than i am Gunga Din and I've been doing family history since 1987 and can only manage 1430.

[DTCwordfan]

Picts actually trace back to Ireland persguru; there were two "invasions" of them, that spread across Scotland and reflected in town names such as Pit-(lochrie), enweem, etc......

[Buenchico]

>>>>I have discovered that it has Pictish origins

Really? Reaney & Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames (which is a standard reference work) gives the first recorded incidence of the name as John & William Bani, mentioned in the Rotuli Hundredorum for Buckinghamshire in 1279. The same source also mentions Agnes & Alice Bonye, with Reaney & Wilson linking all of the following surnames to the Old English word (bãn) for 'bones' (which was probably a nickname):
Baney, Boney, Bones, Bain, Baine, Baines, Bains, Baynes, Bayns.

No Picts there!

[DJHawkes]

thanks Chris, lol

[seadogg]

If you are interested in the picts, there are some interesting Pictish Brochs in the Highlands and Islands which are quite well preserved. They were fortified round towers which we found quite impressive.

[DTCwordfan]

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as to a history - which reminds me to look up Danziger's 1215......

[DJHawkes]

This is where History and Genealogy part company

[plowter]

Names and words can have Pictish origins but you're unlikely to get much further. Romans and Anglo-Saxons destroyed Scottish written history.

Incidentally, Cruithne is probably more accurate than Pictish.

Check out the Pictish symbol stones. There are about 150 remaining and there's nothing like them elsewhere in Europe.