Here's something about my real names:

My given name was a clan/family name for centuries
before it became a given name. The clan in
question was traditionally the vanguard of the
Scottish army in the field, and their castle would
be the first target of any English attack (it was
as far south as you could go and still be in Scotland).
Their motto consists of the French words meaning "never
behind". The name would this suggest standing your
ground in the face of an enemy attack, and thus
protecting the people behind you.

As for my family name: The clan MacNeill is said to
be one of a group of five clans that can trace
one line of their ancestry back to the fifth-century
Irish high king (or shogun, in effect), Neill of
the Nine Hostages.