A list of Irish surnames beginning with Mac (or Mc), from McCann to McSweeney. MacAuley Variants: McCauley, McAwley, Cawley,Magawley. In Irish: Mac Amhalghaidh Found in: Cork, Fermanagh, Westmeath. Origin: Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh means “son of Auley”, once important Gaelic Lords. Mac...
The Irish surname MacGowan (not to be confused with the Scottish MacGoun) is more often than not hidden under the synonym Smith. In Irish, it is Mac an Ghabhain, which means "son of the smith", and its translation to Smith (most common of all surnames in England) was very widespread...
After being one of the hot upscale surnames of the nineties, Garrett has left the Top 100 and this streamlined spelling is dawdling near the bottom of the Top 1000. Garret Continued Garvan Origin: Irish Meaning: "rough little one" Description: Irish surname derived from the name Gairbhín...
Look into any walk of life in English speaking countries, and many others too, and you will find Irish surnames like Kelly, Murphy, Kavanagh and many more. Then, of course, there’s the ‘o’ zone names – O’Neill, O’Driscoll, O’Leary and hundreds more. Don’t forget the mac at...
今天知道了为什么名字里有大写Mac/ Mc:Scottish and Irish patronymic surnames frequently have the prefix Mac or MC. When these surnames were originally developed, they were formed by adding the Gaelic word Mac, which means son of, to the name of the original bearer's father. ...
you could also use a name meaning "holly" to partially translate Leslie. The only first name with this meaning isMac Cuilinn, literally meaning "son of holly," however, you could use one of these surnames derived from "holly," as Leslie was originally a surname:Cullen, Quillan, Cullinan(...
In Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland Robert Matheson explains the difficulties faced by registrars at the beginning of the 20th century. Language differences, customs and illiteracy, among other factors, often led to wide spelling variations and even alternative names ...
"In the Book of Ballymote we are told that at the beginning of the 3rd Century about 212-220 C.E. Conaire, the King of Ireland was killed and his three sons were forced to leave and find lands elsewhere. The son we are concerned with is Cairpre Riata and his connection with ...
Ms Moore and the team, using a technique called "17-marker simple tandem repeat genetic analysis", found a significant link between those with the particular chromosome and those with surnames traditionally linked with the U Neill dynasties. These included familiar Irish names such as Gallaher, ...