Kinds of surname

Anglicization

Also written or known as Anglicised and Anglicized

Changing a name from another language so that it fits English spelling or sound.

Many Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh names were anglicized, often by English-speaking officials. Ó Ceallaigh, for example, became O'Kelly and Kelly. Immigrants' names were sometimes anglicized too, either by translation or by spelling them as they sounded.