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'''Chisholm''' ({{Audio|Chisholm.ogg|listen}}) is a [[Scottish surname]]. It is derived from a habitational name from Chisholme, near [[Hawick]], in the south of Scotland. The name is derived from the [[Old English]] elements ''cese'', meaning "[[cheese]]"; and ''holm'', meaning "piece of dry land in a [[fen]]". In the 14th century, members of the [[Clan Chisholm|Chisholm family]] migrated into the [[Scottish Highlands]] and their name was [[Gaelicisation|Gaelicised]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? |title=Learn about the family history of your surname |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |accessdate=25 September 2010}} which cited {{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} for the surname "Chisholm".</ref> The [[Scottish Gaelic]] form of the name is '''''Siosal''''' (masculine),<ref>{{citation |last=Mark |first=Colin |title=The Gaelic-English Dictionary | publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2006 |location=London |isbn=0-203-22259-8 |page=722}}</ref> and '''''Shiosal''''' (feminine) and collectively the Highland Chisholms are known as An Siosalach Glaiseach, to distinguish them from the Lowland Chisholms.
'''Chisholm''' ({{Audio|Chisholm.ogg|listen}}) is a [[Scottish surname]]. It is derived from a habitational name from Chisholme, near [[Hawick]], in the south of Scotland. The name is derived from the [[Old English]] elements ''cese'', meaning "[[cheese]]"; and ''holm'', meaning "piece of dry land in a [[fen]]". In the 14th century, members of the [[Clan Chisholm|Chisholm family]] migrated into the [[Scottish Highlands]] and their name was [[Gaelicisation|Gaelicised]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? |title=Learn about the family history of your surname |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |accessdate=25 September 2010}} which cited {{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }} for the surname "Chisholm".</ref> The [[Scottish Gaelic]] form of the name is '''''Siosal''''' (masculine),<ref>{{citation |last=Mark |first=Colin |title=The Gaelic-English Dictionary | publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2006 |location=London |isbn=0-203-22259-8 |page=722}}</ref> and '''''Shiosal''''' (feminine).

Alternatively it has been said the name Chisholm is to be derived from a Norman French word "chese" meaning "to choose" and the Saxon word "holm" meaning "meadow.”
The family became established initially at Roxburgh (near Kelso), once an important wool town in the Scottish borders. According to legend, two Chisholm brothers saved the life of the king of Scotland from a wild boar in the 14th century.
Through marriage, a Robert Chisholm inherited Erchless Castle near Inverness in the early 15th century. This was to be the Chisholm clan seat for the next five hundred years. The various chiefs of the clan were known as “the Chisholm”. The lands in their possession at this time were Strathglass and Ard and they later came into the estate of Comar, making them proprietors of a large part of Ross-shire. Their history shows many land skirmishes with neighboring clan families. Erchless Castle and Comar Lodge, which clan chief Roderick Chisholm had built in 1740, still stand.
Meanwhile, another Chisholm branch had settled in Perthshire. They were, in the sixteenth century, Bishops of Dunblane and close to the kings of Scotland at that time. However in 1592, Sir James Chisholm was denounced for his Catholic leanings as "a treason against the true religion" and he had to leave for France.


==List of people with the surname==
==List of people with the surname==

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Chisholm
Language(s)Old English
Origin
Meaning"cheese" + "piece of dry land in a fen"
Region of originScotland
Other names
Related namesSiosal; Shiosal

Chisholm (listenⓘ) is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a habitational name from Chisholme, near Hawick, in the south of Scotland. The name is derived from the Old English elements cese, meaning "cheese"; and holm, meaning "piece of dry land in a fen". In the 14th century, members of the Chisholm family migrated into the Scottish Highlands and their name was Gaelicised.[1] The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siosal (masculine),[2] and Shiosal (feminine).

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Variant spellings

Chisum

Chisholme

Chism

Chisom

References

  1. ^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Chisholm".
  2. ^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
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