Chisholm (surname)
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| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Norman, Old English |
| Region of origin | Scotland |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Siosal; Shiosal Scottish Gaelic |
Chisholm (⫽ˈtʃɪzəm⫽ ) is a Scottish surname. 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] The original Chisholms are said to have "came soon after the conquest, A.D. 1066 from Tindale, England. 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).
List of people with the surname
In Australia
- Alan Rowland Chisholm (1888–1981), professor of French, critic and memorialist
- Alexander Hugh Chisholm (1890–1977), journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist
- Alice Chisholm (1856–1954), Australian woman who provided canteen services for soldiers in Egypt and Palestine during World War I
- Brian Chisholm (born 1938), Australian rules footballer
- Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian rugby league footballer
- Eric Chisholm (1892–1946), Australian rules footballer
- Geoff Chisholm (1929–2006) (1929–2006), Australian politician
- Keith Chisholm (1918–1991), distinguished Australian fighter pilot
- Les Chisholm (1888–1923), Australian rules footballer
- Mark Chisholm (born 1981), Australian rugby union footballer
- Scott Chisholm (footballer) (born 1973), Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer
- Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969), socialite in British high society
In Canada
- Alexander Chisholm (Upper Canada politician) (1790–1854), political figure in Upper Canada
- Angus Chisholm (1908–1979), Cape Breton fiddler
- Arthur Murray Chisholm (1871–1960), Canadian author of Western fiction
- Bob Chisholm (born 1947), Canadian politician
- Brock Chisholm (1896–1971), physician
- Christopher P. Chisholm (1854–?), Canadian lawyer and political figure
- Daniel Black Chisholm (1832–1899), Canadian farmer, lawyer and politician
- Donald Chisholm (1822–1890), Canadian Member of Parliament
- George King Chisholm (1814–1874), politician
- Joseph Andrew Chisholm (1863–1950), politician and jurist
- Kenneth Chisholm (1829–1906), Canadian businessman and politician
- Marie-Hélène Chisholm (born 1979), judoka
- Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician) (born 1957), former politician
- Robert Kerr Chisholm (1819–1899), former politician
- William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician) (1870–1936), former politician
- William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician) (1788–1842), founder of Oakville, Ontario
In the United Kingdom
- Aeneas Chisholm (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District) (1759–1818), Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland
- Aeneas Chisholm (Bishop of Aberdeen) (1836–1918), Scottish prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen
- Alex Chisholm (born 1968), British civil servant
- Alexander Chisholm (1792?–1847), British portrait and historical painter
- Alexander William Chisholm, 25th of Chisholm (1810-1838) Scottish landowner, clan chief and MP
- Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), English humanitarian
- Catherine Chisholm (1878–1952), British physician
- Cecil Chisholm (1888–1961), British journalist, publisher and author
- David Chisholm (1937–1998), Scottish rugby union footballer
- Duncan Chisholm (born 1968), Scottish fiddle player and composer
- Erik Chisholm (1904–1965), Scottish composer and conductor
- Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm (1931–1994), British urologist
- George Chisholm (geographer) (1850–1930), author of first English-language economic geography textbook
- George Chisholm (musician) (1915–1997), jazz trombonist
- Gordon Chisholm (born 1960), Scottish footballer
- Grace Chisholm Young (1868–1944), mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm')
- Hugh Chisholm (1866–1924), journalist and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Iain Chisholm (born 1985), Scottish footballer
- Janet Chisholm (1929–2004), former MI6 agent
- John Chisholm (soldier), 16th-century Comptroller and Prefect of the Scottish artillery
- John Chisholm (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District) (1752–1814), Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland
- John Chisholm (executive) (born 1946), businessman
- John Stephen Roy Chisholm (born 1926), English mathematical physicist
- Ken Chisholm (1925–1990), Scottish footballer
- Malcolm Chisholm (born 1949), Scottish politician
- Mairi Chisholm (1896–1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver in the First World War
- Melanie Chisholm (also known as Mel C), musician
- Robert Chisholm (architect) (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 WilliamI
In the United States
- Henry Chisholm (1822–1881), Scottish American businessman
- Hugh J. Chisholm (1847–1912), industrialist
- Jesse Chisholm (died 1868), American Indian trader, guide, and interpreter
- John Chisholm (born 1963), American prosecutor
- Jori Chisholm (born 1975), bagpiper
- Kari Chisholm (born 1973), United States politician
- Linda Chisholm (born 1957), United States volleyball player
- Malcolm H. Chisholm (1945–2015), chemist
- Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999), philosopher
- Sallie W. Chisholm (born 1947), scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
- Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), politician
- Thomas Chisholm (songwriter), American songwriter who wrote several prominent Christian hymns including "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
- Tim Chisholm (born 1969), player of real tennis
- Tanya Chisholm (born 1984), American actress
Other places
- Jamel Chisholm (born 1995), English rugby league footballer
Variant spellings
Chisum
- John Chisum (1824–1884), American cattle baron
- Chisum (film), a 1970 American Western film
Chisholme
- John James Scott-Chisholme (1851–1899), British cavalry officer who died in the Second Anglo-Boer War
Chisolm
- Richard Chisolm, cinematographer and film-maker based in Baltimore, Maryland
Chism
Mainly in South Texas
Chisom
Chisam
See also
- Chisholm (disambiguation)
- Aeneas Chisholm (disambiguation)
- Alexander Chisholm (disambiguation)
- Anthony Chisholm (disambiguation)
- Chisholm (disambiguation)
- Colin Chisholm (disambiguation)
- George Chisholm (disambiguation)
- John Chisholm (disambiguation)
- Margaret Chisholm (disambiguation)
References
- ^ a b Alexander MacKenzie. "History of the Chisholms with genealogies of the principal families of the name" (PDF). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "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
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