Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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BUCHANAN. Also variant phonetic forms Bawhannan (Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 59, 1903 R. Ford Children's Rhymes 33), Bowhinan (Rnf. 1965 T. E. Niven East Kilbride 104), Buwhanan (s.Sc. 1857/9 Wilson's Tales of the Borders XVIII. 69), Bewhinnan. [bʌ′xɑnɑn, freq. anglicised to bʌkɑnɑn; earlier bə′hwanan]
