Bell (surname) of "Isobel". In some cases, the surname originates from a nickname, or descriptive name, derived from the Old French "bel" ("beautiful", "fair"). In other cases, the surname "Bell" represents an English form of the Gaelic surname "Mac Giolla Mhaoil" ("son of the servant of the devotee"). In some cases, the surname is derived from placenames in Norway (Bell) and Germany (Bell in Rhineland; and possibly Belle, in Westphalia). The surname Bell is also sometimes an Anglicized form of the German "Böhl" or "Böll". Early attested forms of the surname when of a patronymic origin include: Ailuuardus ""filius Belli"", in 1086;
Fitzpatrick (surname) Fitzpatrick (surname) The surname Fitzpatrick is the known translation of at least two different surnames: Mac Giolla Phádraig and Ó Maol Phádraig from the original Irish to English. Currently, it is ranked as the 60th most common surname in Ireland with an estimated 12,700 individuals bearing the name. While both "Mac Giolla Phádraig" and "Ó Maol Phádraig" have similar meanings, they are likely unrelated; yet both have arrived in the modern era as "Fitzpatrick". Despite the prefix ""Fitz-"", Fitzpatrick is not a name of Hiberno-Norman descent. Giolla Phádraig (means "the devotee of Patrick"). Gilla Patráic mac Donnchada was a tenth