Ballantine (surname)
Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is first found in Lanarkshire, where the family had been settled since ancient times. The name has also been spelled Balentine, Ballentine, Ballantyne, Ballantine, Ballentyne, Bannentyne, Bannatyne, Bannantyne, Ballanden, Ballanden, Ballendine, Ballendyne, and so on.
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[edit] Origin of the name
In his book The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (1908), Sir Thomas Innes Learney states that the original family name was Bannatyne, and was a sept associated with both Clan Campbell and Clan Stuart of Bute.
The etymology, given in William Arthur’s An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names with an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857), derives the name from Bal, the name of a deity, and teine, meaning fire, and relating to a place where Belenus, or Bal, was worshiped by the Celts.[1]
[edit] People
Ballantine may refer to:
- Betty Ballantine, American publisher
- Carl Ballantine (1917–2009), American magician and actor
- Ian Ballantine, American publisher
- James Ballantine, Scottish novelist
- Patrick J. Ballantine, American politician
- Peter Ballantine, American brewer
- William Ballantine, British lawyer
- Julian Ballantine, a fictional character in the TV series Kyle XY
- Morley Cowles Ballantine, American newspaper editor, the Durango Herald.
- Richard G. Ballantine, American newspaper publisher, the Durango Herald.
- Sophie Ballantine Hawkins (born 1967), American musician
[edit] References
- ^ "Ballantyne FYI". http://www.ballantynefyi.com/ballantyneactivities.php. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
[edit] See also
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