124 Global DONNACHIE Family Members

DONNACHIE Family History

This unusual and interesting name is of Scottish origin and is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Donnchadh", a personal name composed of the elements "donn", brown and "cath", battle. "donnchadh" translates as Duncan and the Clan Donnachie, better known as Clan Robertson of Atholl, are so name from "Fat Duncan", Donncha (Reamhar) de Atholia, who lived circa 1306. Most Clans of this name eventually became known as "MacConachie", but during the last Jacobite Rising (1745 - 1746) led by Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, small septs connected with the Clan, Robertson adopted the name "Donnachie" in order to conceal their identity.