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by bpoyner 489 days ago
Along these lines, 'Mc' and 'Mac' mean 'son of' in Scottish and Irish surnames.
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Martin, son of Fly, the first time traveler and inventor of rock-and-roll music.
Technically Einstein was the first time traveler. He traveled one minute into the future.
Technically Doc Brown was alive in 1885, having travelled there from 1955, so he was the first time traveller by a good 100 years before Einstein.
And similarly 'O' for 'descendant of' in Irish surnames (e.g O'Neill).
Also the famous greek hunter O’Ryan. ;)
There is an unusual Chinese family name, 欧阳 ouyang, which is sometimes anglicized into the form O'Young.
Like O'Bama?
I love O'Bama, the famous O'lympic athlete.