Smith (surname) usage has passed into "Smitty" being used as a surname itself. Other languages with different words for the occupation of "smith" or "blacksmith" also produced surnames based on that root. Words derived from the Latin term for smith (literally "one who works with iron"), such as the Italian words "fabbro" and "ferraio", are the root of last names common in several parts of Europe. In Ireland and Scotland, the word for smith, "gobha", is found in the surname "MacGouren"/"MacGouran"/"MacGowan"/"McGowan". This surname is an Anglicised form of "Mac a' Ghobhainn" (Scottish Gaelic), "Mac Gabhann" (Irish), meaning "son of the smith". In
Beaton (surname) Beaton (surname) Beaton is a Scottish surname in the English language, which has multiple origins. One origin of the name is from the placename of Béthune, in Pas-de-Calais, France. Another derivation is from the mediaeval personal name "Beaton", "Beton", which is pet form of a short form of the names "Bartholomew" or "Beatrice". "Bartholomew" is a masculine name, while "Beatrice" is a feminine name; the names are not etymologically related to each other. Another derivation of the surname "Beaton" is that it is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic "Mac Beath". The surname "Beaton" can be represented in Scottish Gaelic