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My surname, Kinraid, is a Manx variation of Kincaid, I'm told. I'm sure there's a Gaelic or Erse meaning back in the mists of time, but I haven't been able to find anything authoritative to back any claims up.
However, my mother always used to say of my father's family that "raiding Kin was an appropriate meaning, they were all a pack of bludgers ..." So there's a meaning of a kind, if you like!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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