Chisholm (surname)

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Chisholm
Origin
Language(s) Norman, Old English
Other names
Variant(s) Siosal; Shiosal Scottish Gaelic
Families
Clan Chisholm


Chisholm (Listeni/ˈɪzəm/) is a Scottish surname. Variants include Chisholme and Chisolm.

The original name was 'De Chesé' to which the Saxon termination 'holme' was added on the marriage of a Norman ancestor with a Saxon heiress.[1] The first recorded person of the name is a John de Chisholme, who is named in 1254 in a bull of Pope Alexander IV and found in the County of Roxburgh.[1] In the 14th century, members of the Chisholm family migrated into the Scottish Highlands and their name was Gaelicised.[2] The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siosal (masculine),[3] and Shiosal (feminine).

Notable people with the surname or its variants include:

Chisholm

In Australia

In Canada

In the United Kingdom

In the United States

Elsewhere

Chisholme

Chisolm

Chisum

See also

References

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