What is the meaning of the sur-names Buie & Madison?

Me and family are planning our family reunion and we have four generations reuniting, so I wanted to make a keepsake of our family tree and family name history. Any information is greatly appreciated.

What is the meaning of the sur-names Buie %26amp; Madison?
Ancestry.Com shows the following as places given as the origin of the following immigrants to the U.S.





Buie





France 3





Ireland 1





Hungary 1





Great Britain 1





Farmbock 1





meaning Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic buidhe


(yellow) fair haired - see Bowie





Madison





England 14





Great Britain 9





Chre, Norway 4





Kolding 4





Denmark 3





Sweden 3





meaning English metronymic from the midieval female name Maddie, a form of Maud





The same surname can come from more than one nationality. The best thing to do is to trace your family starting with your parents and work back. Anytime you wish to do this, there are lots of people on this board that can give you lots of good ideas.


Just ask.





The links below is regarding peddlers of surname products





http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...





http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...
Reply:Here's a website that I found has some information about "Buie".


http://www.electricscotland.com/history/...


It says that the name is Scottish.





Buie is a nickname from Gaelic "buidhe", meaning 鈥榶ellow鈥? 鈥榝air-haired鈥?





Here's a link to the Buie coat of arms.


http://www.coats-of-arms.com/Buie.htm





Madison is an English metronymic from the medieval female personal name Madde, a form of Maud or Magdalen.





Here is a link to the Madison Coat of arms.


http://www.coats-of-arms.com/Madison%20c...
Reply:The meaning of the surname BUIE is - the grandson of little Buadhach (victorious); one who had yellow hair.
Reply:Have a look at the links posted below,


http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=%26amp;...


http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=%26amp;...


hope that helps.