Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 700 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
M(a)cLaughlin / m ɪ ˈ k l ɒ x l ɪ n / is the most common Anglicized form of Mac Lochlainn, a masculine surname of Irish origin. The feminine form of the surname is Nic Lochlainn. The literal meaning of the name is "son of Lochlann". [2] Note that Mc is simply a contraction of Mac, which is also (albeit rarely) truncated to M' .
Map showing principal Irish surnames at the commencement of the 17th century. Clans of Ireland is a modern organization that was started in 1989 and has eligibility criteria for surnames to be included on their register of Irish clans. This includes that the family or clan can trace their ancestry back to before 1691 which is generally ...
E – "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello) [citation needed] Fitz – ( Irish , from Norman French ) "son of", from Latin " filius " meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [ citation needed ]
The surname McDonagh, also spelled MacDonagh is from the Irish language Mac Dhonnchadha, and is now one of the rarer surnames of Ireland.. Mac Dhonnchadha, Mac Donnchadha, Mac Donnacha or Mac Donnchaidh or Mac Donnacha is the original form of McDonagh
McGill, MacGill, Macgill and Magill are surnames of Irish and Scottish origin, an Anglicisation of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill meaning "son of the foreigner". In the 2000 United States Census the surname was ranked the 1,218th most common.
With one of these last names, you'll have the luck o' the Irish about you. Rosie Colosi. March 29, 2024 at 5:43 PM ... If their surname begins with O’, Mc’ or Fitz-, that's a pretty good clue.
A 2001 book of New York Times theatre reviews sorts Mc names as if spelled Mac. [13] A 2002 official document for the State of Vermont recommends explicitly no special treatment for Mac and Mc. [14] New Hart's Rules (Oxford University Press, 2005) advises "List names prefixed with Mc, Mac, or M c as if they were spelled Mac". [15]