Chisholm (surname)
Appearance
Language(s) | Old English |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "cheese" + "piece of dry land in a fen" |
Region of origin | Scotland |
Other names | |
Related names | Siosal; Shiosal |
Chisholm (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).
) is aList of people with the surname
In Australia
- Alexander Hugh Chisholm, journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist
- Dane Chisholm, Australian Rugby League player
- Mark Chisholm, rugby player
- Scott Chisholm (footballer), Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer
- Sheila Chisholm, socialite in British high society
- Keith Chisholm, a distinguished Australian fighter pilot
In Canada
- Alexander Chisholm (Upper Canada politician), political figure in Upper Canada
- Angus Chisholm, Cape Breton fiddler
- Brock Chisholm, physician
- George King Chisholm, politician
- Joseph Andrew Chisholm, politician and jurist
- Marie-Hélène Chisholm, judoka
- Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician), former politician
- Robert Kerr Chisholm, former politician
- William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician), former politician
- William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician), founder of Oakville, Ontario
In the United Kingdom
- Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic)
- Aeneas Chisholm (bishop of Aberdeen)
- Caroline Chisholm, English humanitarian
- Erik Chisholm, Scottish composer and conductor
- George Chisholm (geographer), author of first English-language economic geography textbook
- George Chisholm (musician), jazz trombonist
- Gordon Chisholm, Scottish footballer
- Grace Chisholm Young, mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm')
- Hugh Chisholm, journalist and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Janet Chisholm, former MI6 agent
- John Chisholm (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District)
- John Chisholm (executive), businessman
- John Stephen Roy Chisholm (born 1926), English mathematical physicist
- Malcolm Chisholm, Scottish politician
- Melanie Chisholm (also known as Mel C), musician
- Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1838–1915), architect of the Indo-Saracenic Senate House of the University of Madras
- William Chisholm (I) (died 1564), bishop of Dunblane
- William Chisholm (II) (died 1593), bishop of Dunblane and of Vaison, nephew to William (I)
In the United States
- Hugh J. Chisholm, industrialist
- Jesse Chisholm, American Indian trader, guide, and interpreter
- John Chisholm, American prosecutor
- Jori Chisholm, bagpiper
- Roderick Chisholm, philosopher
- Sallie W. Chisholm, scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
- Shirley Chisholm, politician
- Thomas Chisholm (song writer) American songwriter who wrote several prominent Christian hymns including Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- Tim Chisholm, player of real tennis
- Tanya Chisholm, American actress
Elsewhere
- Colin Chisholm (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Chisholm (disambiguation), multiple people
Variant spellings
Chisum
- John Chisum
- Chisum (film)
Chisholme
Chism
Chisom
References
- ^ "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".
- ^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8