Minch

Proper noun

 * , between the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides.

Quotations

 * 1799, Revd. James Headrick, On the Practicability, and Advantages, of Opening a Navigation Between the Murray Firth at Inverness, and Loch Eil, at Fort William, section II Fisheries, from Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, Volume 1, page 388:
 * That extensive bason of sea, called the Great, and the Little Minch; bounded on the west, by that chain of islands, called the Long Island, because they seem but one, when viewed at a distance; on the east, by the indented shores of Scotland: from the butt of the Lewis, to the Mull of Kintire, never fails to be filled, every year, with an immense body of herrings.
 * 1960, Ewan MacColl, BBC radio ballad Singing the Fishing (transcript):
 * Come all you gallant fishermen, That plough the stormy sea The whole year round, On the fishing grounds Of the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps, On the banks and knolls of the North Sea holes, Where the herring shoals are found.
 * Come all you gallant fishermen, That plough the stormy sea The whole year round, On the fishing grounds Of the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps, On the banks and knolls of the North Sea holes, Where the herring shoals are found.

Translations

 * Russian: Норт-Минч
 * Scottish Gaelic: Maoil

Etymology 2
Reduced form of or.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Minch is the 14775th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2010 individuals. Minch is most common among White (94.93%) individuals.