Auchanachie Gordon

This ballad tells the story of a father who insists that his daughter marry a welcome man and abandon her true love,  Auchanachie Gordon.

The name has various spellings -  Auchanachie is the oldest form.  A more modern spelling is Annachie.

The name is though to mean the field of the merchant.  Auchanachie originiates in Scots Gaelic and was largely found in the north of Scotland.  The House of Auchanachie  was established by descendants of the families of Gordon of Avochie and Gordon of Daach.

The accepted pronunciation is something like - Awe-naw-key