I am looking for a name that in Scotish, Irish, Welsh, (or any of them really) means " Ice" or something to do with ice. I have looked all over and found references to the ice gods, and even the “iceman” that was recently unearthed! If anyone knows… Sorry for the off topic extreme! 
have you tried http://www.behindthename.com/ yet?
I’ll ask my brother who speaks Scottish Gaelic and get back to you on this!
In Welsh, ice is iâ or rhew… rhew is more like “frost”.
Best,
Andrea
Okay. Said I’d get back. I will quote my brother:
The Gaelic word for “ice” is EIGH (rhymes with sleigh). Its Old Irish
antecedent was spelt AIG (nominative case), EGA (possessive case). The
Gaelic word for “frost” is REOTHADH (pronouncec ‘ryo-ugh’). Its Old Irish
predecessor was REOD. I know of no Gaelic or Old Irish personal names that
contain either of these elements. Despite much research during each of
Amy’s pregnancies, though, I cannot claim to be an expert. Your inquirer
may have seen something that I haven’t seen.
The Gaelic word for “snow” is SNEACHD (pronounced ‘shnyekh-k’). Its Old
Irish form was SNECHT (nominative case), SNECHTA (possessive case). Names
containing this element do occur in the historical record.
The female personal name AGANDECCA appears in Scots history. I can’t recall
the identity of the person who bore the name. Scholars take Agandecca to be
the latinized spelling of a Gaelic name AGHAIDH SHNEACHDA, “snow face”.
(What happened to the ‘s’ sound at the beginning of sneachd? Well, the ‘s’
in this position would become virtually a silent letter, but to explain why
would take a paragraph.) AGAD, or AIGEAD, was the old Irish word for
“face”. The Old Irish Gaelic equivalent would have been Agad Snechta.
The male personal name MAEL SNECHTA is on record. Mael Snechta must have
meant something like “votary of the snow”. Caveat Emp, however! No one has
used this name in a lo-o-ong time; I have never seen it written in a modern
Gaelic form, or in any English or Latin form. The modern Gaelic spelling
would be Maol Sneachda. By analogy with similar names that have passed into
English (see below), one might suggest the spelling Malsnech, Malsnect, or
Malsnett.
The Old Irish word MAEL occurred frequently as the first element of compound
names. As a common adjective it meant “bald”, but in context it might mean
a “polled” cow or a “tonsured” monk. With this last significance MAEL was
often combined with the name of a saint – Mael Brigte, Mael Coluim, Mael
Petair – or with the name of Jesus or Mary – Mael Isa, Mael Muire – but
it was also combined with other words. I suppose the first people to bear
such names would have been monks who assumed the names upon taking the
cloth. Early on, though, infants who were not destined for the monastery
began to receive these names. Four of the kings of Scotland were named Mael
Coluim (Malcolm), a couple of the earls of Strathearn were named Mael Isa
(Malise), and one of the earls of Moray was named Mael Brigte (Malbritt).
The Old Irish words GILLA, “servant”, and DER, “daughter”, and the
Welsh/Cumbrian word GOS, “servant”, were used similarly to form compound
names such as Gillescoip or Gillespuic, “servant of the bishop”, Dar Luach
(“daughter of St Lugaid”) and Gospatric (“servant of St Patrick”).
If my memory serves, one or two of the Viking names that pop up in Scots and
Irish historical documents do contain the Norse word for “ice”, IS.
now THAT’s an answer. Em, you crack me up, including the website. Thanks for the laughs. What’s that Lileks book about, 50s-60s food and potluck recipes or something?
related anecdote: Some friends of mine wanted to throw a 50s theme party. They called up their parents back east (they live in Maryland too) to get an idea of what kind of appetizers were served. The mother was a bit stumped at the call and took a bit to answer..Finally, she said, “Well, all I remember is drinking Gin and eating Potato Chips!”
I think they added some dip in to make it a bit more interesting…
That’s a nice Maryland party. 'Course, in the Bal’mer (uh…Baltimore) area, they’d most definitely throw in some crabs with Old Bay seasoning.
Actually, where I live, folks are getting pretty hoighty-toighty these days and hiring piano players and the like. Don’t know about Trad. Irish ensembles.
Oh yeah, Lileks. (He has a website btw: www.lileks.com) He uses photos and pics from 40’s-70’s cookbooks, and food promotional materials and comments. It’s the commentary that nearly makes me spend a penny so to speak.
If they wanna be hoity-toity and trad, get a harper. Wire-strung, thank you.
Very interesting info, Emmline! And it’s just as well that you spared us the paragraph on the mysteries of lenition. That’s another nest of bees altogether. 
I’m impressed.
It’s so documented I stay (almost) speechless 
PS: any chance your brother’s name Jim?
Whoderrsez I didn’t like Merkuns? These Bal’mers can’t be all wrong: they obviously know how to eat!
On the West Coast, they fish rares species, then wash them under tap water until completely deflavourized, then serve it to you when it looks kinda rubber cement, asking “who ordered abalones?” 
Long live the NATE (North Atlantic Treat Eats)!
My brother is most definitely named Jim. (Of course, in Gaelic, that would be Seamus Gilleaspuig)
Uh…Zoob? Why’d you ask if his name is Jim?
Oh…is it because that answer resembles a Jim Stone post? Is that it?
If so…then, no. Not Jim Stone. Jim Gillespie. Just for a little while there, I was wondering how you knew my brother!