_McAdam._ _Mac_, son; Hebrew word _Adam_, a red, or dark-brown man.
_McAdoo._ _Mac_, son; _Ad́aḿ_, pronounced either _Adk-oo_ or _Awoo_,
Adam. Son of Adam.
_MacAlister._ _Mac_, son; _Alister_, Alexander. Son of Alexander.
MacAllister, of the same parentage.
_Mac Aller._ _Mac_, son; _alla_, a cliff; _er_, a man. Son of a
cliff-dweller.
_McAlonan._ _Mac_, son; _aluin_, beautiful; _an_, sign of personal noun.
Son of a beautiful person.
_McAlvin._ _Mac_, son; _Alvin_, corruption of _Alban_, genitive case of
Alba, Scotland. Son of Scotland.
_McAnally._ _Mac_, son; _anail_, genitive of _anal_, breath; _ać_, an
individual. Son of the breath of a person. McNally, only an abbreviated
form of the same.
_McAndrew._ _Mac_, son; _Andrew_, a Greek word meaning strong, manly. Son
of the strong. MacAndrias is the Irish form, from which are obtainable
Anderson and Andrews.
_McArdle._ _Mac_, son; _ard_, high; _le_, contraction of _aille_,
genitive of _aill_, a cliff. Son of a high cliff.
_McAran._ _Mac_, son; _arain_, genitive of _aran_, bread. Son of bread.
_McArty._ _Mac_, son; _art_, pronounced _awrt_, a place; _eać_, an
individual. Son of a man of the place.
_McAteer._ _Mac_, son; _an_, of the; _tir_, pronounced _teer_, country.
Son of the country; a countryman.
_McAva._ _Mac_, son; _Eb́a_, pronounced _Awa_, which is corrupted into
_Ava_. Son of Eve.
_McAuley._ _Mac_, son; _caille_, genitive of _caille_, fame; _eać_, an
individual. Son of a famous person.
_McBeth._ _Mac_, son; _beith_, genitive of _beth_, a house. Son of the
house. Macbeth is another form of the same name.
_McBreen._ _Mac_, son; _braone_, pronounced _breen_, genitive of _braon_,
a drop. Son of a drop.
_McBrian._ _Mac_, son; _Brian_, corruption of _Britain_. Son of the
country of the Brith, or painted people.
_McBronn._ _Mac_, son; _bronn_, genitive of _bruinn_, a womb. Son of a
womb.
_McBryde._ _Mac_, son; Anglo-Saxon _bryd_; Irish genitive _bryde_, of
bride. Son of a bride.
_McBurney._ _Mac_, son; _bur_, an inner chamber; _neać_, an individual.
Son of the inner chamber of a person.
_MacCabe._ _Mac_, son; _cabe_, genitive of _cab_, a mouth. Son of a mouth.
_MacCalla._ _Mac_, son; _alla_, a cliff, the final _c_ of _mac_ being
carried over to _alla_. Son of a cliff.
_McCallan._ _Mac_, son; _calla_, a hood, genitive same; _an_, indicative
of personality. Son of the wearer of a hood; son of a nun.
_McCambridge._ _Mac_, son; _cam_, treacherous; Scottish _brig_, a bridge.
Son of the keeper of a treacherous bridge.
_McCammon._ _Mac_, son; _camm_ or _cam_, deceitful; _on_ for _an_,
denoting a person. Son of a deceitful person.
_McCamy._ _Mac_, son; _cam_, deceitful; _eać_, an individual. Son of a
deceitful person.
_McCardle._ _Mac_, son; _ard_, high; _aille_, genitive of _aill_, a
cliff. Son of a high cliff.
_McCarne._ _Mac_, son; _carn_, a heap of stones; _neać_, an individual.
Son of a heap of stones.
_McCarroll._ _Mac_, son; _carruill_, from _car_, dear, beloved; _uille_,
genitive of _uill_ or _aill_, a cliff. Son of the beloved cliff.
_McCaughan._ _Mac_, son; _caiǵ_, genitive of _cat́_, a warrior; _an_, a
diminutive. Son of a short warrior.
_McCaull._ _Mac_, son; _caille_, genitive of _caill_, fame. Son of fame.
McCaulley, from the same.
_McCaw._ _Mac_, son; _cat́_, pronounced _cah_, corrupted, doubtless, into
_caw_, battle. Son of battle.
_McCeever._ _Mac_, son; _caoiḿ_, gentle; _fear_, a man. Son of a gentle
man.
_MacClean._ _Mac_, son; _lean_, pronounced _lane_, a marsh. Son of a
marsh. MacClaon and MacClane, of similar origin.
_McCleary._ _Mac_, son; _cleireać_, pronounced _clêary_, a superannuated
clergyman. Son of a superannuated clergyman.
_McCleil._ _Mac_, son; _lile_, genitive _lil_, a lily. Son of a lily.
_McClow._ _Mac_, son; _cloiće_, pronounced _clokh_, genitive of _cloć_, a
stone. Son of a stone.
_McClune._ _Mac_, son; _cluain_, genitive of _cluan_, a retreat. Son of a
retreat. McCloon, corruption of same.
_McColey._ _Mac_, son; _col_, kindred; _eać_, an individual. Son of a
relative.
_McConkle._ _Mac_, son; _conn_, of heroes; _caille_, genitive of _caill_,
fame. Son of heroes of fame.
_McConn._ _Mac_, son; _conn_, of heroes. Son of heroes.
_McConnolly._ _Mac_, son; _conn_, of heroes; _aille_, genitive of _aill_,
a cliff. Son of the heroes of a cliff.
_McCool._ _Mac_, son; _cuile_, pronounced _kool_, the genitive of _cul_,
the hinder part. Son of the hinder part.
_McCorkle._ _Mac_, son; _Corcaiǵ_, Cork; _aille_, genitive of _aill_, a
hill. Son of a hill of Cork.
_McCosh._ _Mac_, son; _coise_, pronounced _coshe_, genitive of _cos_, a
foot. Son of a foot.
_McCotis._ _Mac_, son; _cotis_, genitive case of the Latin _cos_, a
grindstone. Son of a grindstone.
_McCrea._ _Mac_, son; _cre_, pronounced _cra_, of creed. Son of a creed.
From the same roots is derived McCray.
_McCreary._ _Mac_, son; _cre_, of earth; _riǵe_, of king. Son of the
King of the earth.
_McCritt._ _Mac_, son; _cruite_, genitive of _cruit_, a hump. Son of a
hump.
_McCrossin._ _Mac_, son; _croise_, genitive of _cros_, a cross; _in_,
diminutive. Son of a small cross.
_McCrum._ _Mac_, son; _croime_, crookedness, a noun derived from the
adjective _crom_. Son of waywardness.
_McCrunn._ _Mac_, son; Scotch _croon_, a groan. Son of a groan.
_McCrystal._ _Mac_, son; _criostail_, genitive of _criostal_, a crystal.
Son of a crystal.
_McCully._ _Mac_, son; _cuile_, genitive of _cul_, the hinder part;
_eać_, an individual. Son of a person’s hinder part.
_McCullough._ _Mac_, son; _cuile_, genitive of _cul_, the hinder part;
_loiće_, genitive of _loć_, a lake. Son of the lake of the hinder part.
_McCummisky._ _Mac_, son; _cuimin_, of valley; _uisge_, genitive of
_uisge_, water. Son of the valley of water.
_McCurdy._ _Mac_, son; _coire_, pronounced _kŭrh_, genitive of _coir_,
crime, sin; _d_, of; _eać_, individual. Son of the original sin of man;
son of Adam’s fall.
_McDavit._ _Mac_, son; _Daib́id́_, pronounced occasionally _Daivit_, but
more commonly _Dâvee_, of David. Son of David. McDevitt, from same.
_McDermott._ _Mac_, son; _Diarmuid_, from _Dia_, God, _armuid_, of arms.
Son of the God of arms.
_McDiarmuid._ _Mac_, son; _Diarmuid_, God of arms. Son of the God of arms.
_McDill._ _Mac_, son; _dille_, genitive of _dill_, fondness. Son of
fondness.
_Mac Donnell._ _Mac Doḿnaill_, in the original, from _mac_, son;
_Doḿnaill_, genitive of _Doḿnall_, Donnell. Son of Donnell; Son of the
Sunday of Beauty; Son of the Resurrection; Son of God. See Donnell.
_McDonough._ _Mac_, son; _donaiǵ_, genitive of _donać_, an unhappy
person. Son of an unhappy person.
_Mac Dowell._ _Mac_, son; _doḿan_, the world, genitive _doḿain_, of the
world; _aille_, of beauty. Son of the World of Beauty; Son of Heaven.
_Mac Egan._ _Mac_, son; _Aod́gan_, pronounced _Eeygan_, of Egan, the
Irish equivalent of Hugh. The son of Hugh.
_McElway._ _Mac_, son; _Elway_, a corruption of _Gailliḿ_, Galway. Son
of Galway, the town of the strangers.
_McEnnery._ _Mac_, son; _Henri_, genitive of _Henri_, Henry. Son of Henry.
_McFadden._ _Mac_, son; _Fadden_ is the same as _Padden_, which is a
corruption of _Padruic_, Patrick, a Latin word for patrician. Son of
Patrick. Fitzpatrick, so common in the Celtic, has the same signification.
_McFarlan._ _Mac_, son; _fara_, genitive of _fear_, a man; _lain_, of a
castle, the nominative singular being _lan_. Son of the man of the castle.
_McFaul._ _Mac_, son; _fâile_, genitive of _fâil_, fate. Son of fate.
_Mcfee._ _Mac_, son; _faoi_, genitive of _faoi_, faith. Son of faith.
_MacFeeley._ _Mac_, son; _fialaiǵ_, genitive of _fialać_, a generous
person. Son of a generous person.
_McFetridge._ _Mac_, son; _Fetter-rice_, from Anglo-Saxon _fetor_, a
chain for the feet, and _rice_, dominion. Son of a dominion in chains, or
that is in bondage.
_Mac Gahan._ _Mac_, son; _geain_, genitive of _gean_, affection. Son of
affection. McGahn, McGhan, are equivalents.
_McGail._ _Mac_, son; _gaille_, genitive of _gail_, steam. Son of steam.
_McGarry._ _Mac_, son; _gearraiǵ_, genitive of _gearrać_, a short
person. Son of a short person. McGarey, McGary, McGeary, are of similar
origin.
_McGarvey._ _Mac_, son; _garb́eaiǵ_, pronounced _garvey_, genitive of
_garb́eać_, a rough person. Son of a rough person.
_McGaver._ _Mac_, son; _gab́air_, of a goat. Son of a goat.
_McGee._ _Mac_, son; _Aod́_, pronounced _eey_, Hugh. Son of Hugh.
_McGill._ _Mac_, son; _giolla_, genitive of _giolla_, a servant. Son of a
servant.
_McGlinn._ _Mac_, son; _glinne_, genitive of _glinn_, the bright heavens.
Son of the bright heavens. Sometimes spelt McGlynn.
_McGloon._ _Mac_, son; _gluin_, pronounced _gloon_, genitive of _glun_,
the knee. Son of the knee. McGlone, McGlune, from the same.
_McGlory._ _Mac_, son; _gloireaiǵ_, pronounced _gloireay_, genitive of
_gloireać_, a glorified person, or saint. Son of a glorified person.
_McGowan._ _Mac_, son; _gob́an_, pronounced _gowan_, genitive of _gob́a_,
a smith. Son of a smith.
_McGrane._ _Mac_, son; _grain_, genitive of _grân_, a grain. Son of a
grain. McGran, McGrann, equivalents.
_MacGrath._ _Mac_, son; _graid́e_, genitive of _grad́_, love. Son of love.
_MacGraw._ _Mac_, son; _graid́e_, pronounced _grath_ or _graw_, love. Son
of love.
_McGrenery._ _Mac_, son; _greine_, genitive of _grian_, sun; _riǵ_,
pronounced _ry_ or _ree_, king. Son of the sun-king.
_McGuinn._ _Mac_, son; _guine_, genitive of _guin_, a wound, an opening,
a circle. Son of an opening.
_McGuinness._ Corruption of MacAnguis, the son of Anguis, Irish for Æneas.
_McGuire._ _Mac_, son; _Maǵ-Muire_, from _maǵ_, plain, _Muire_, of
Mary. Son of the plain of Mary.
_McGurk._ _Mac_, son; _gurke_, German for cucumber. Son of a cucumber.
_McHallahan._ _Mac_, son; _T́alla_, genitive, of hall; _leat́an_, wide.
Son of a wide hall.
_MacHugh._ _Mac_, son; _Aod́_, Hugh. Son of Hugh. From this name have
sprung M’Coy, M’Gee, M’Kay, M’Coy, and Magee. _Ua Aoid́_, descendant of
Hugh, has given us Hughson and Hughes.
_MacHulay._ _Mac_, son; _Aoid́_, of Hugh; _lać_, people. Son of Hugh’s
people.
_McInnis._ _Mac_, son; _inis_, an island. Son of an island.
_McInteer._ _Mac_, son; _in_ for _an_, of the; _tir_, pronounced _teer_,
country. Son of the country. McIntyre, the usual spelling, is from the
same roots.
_McKaig._ _Mac_, son; _coige_, genitive of _coig_, war. Son of war.
_McKane._ _Mac_, son; _caine_, genitive of _cain_, the undefiled. Son of
the undefiled.
_McKeefy._ _Mac_, son; _caoiḿeaiǵ_, genitive of _caoiḿeać_, a gentle
person. Son of a gentle person.
_McKeene._ _Mac_, son; _ciuine_, of silence. Son of silence.
_MacKeever._ _Mac_, son; _caoiḿ_, gentle; _er_ for _fear_, a man. Son of
a gentle man.
_MacKiernan._ _Mac_, son; _ciarain_, genitive of _ciaran_, a dusky
person. Son of a dusky person.
_McKieman._ _Mac_, son; _caoiḿ_, gentle; _an_, implying person. Son of a
gentle person.
_McKim._ _Mac_, son; _caoiḿ_, gentle. Perhaps, a contraction of McKieman.
_McKinney._ _Mac_, son; _Kinney_, from _cionn_, pronounced _kin_,
affection, esteem; _eać_, an individual. Son of Kinney.
_McKnight._ _Mac_, son; _cnioćta_, genitive of _cnioćt_, a knight. Son of
a knight.
_MacKeon._ _Mac_, son; _Eoin_, genitive of _Eon_, Owen or Eugene. Son of
Owen or Eugene. MacKoun, Keon, Coyne, Owens, and Owenson, are all from
the same roots.
_McLain._ _Mac_, son; _leune_, pronounced _laine_, genitive of _leun_,
misfortune, misery. Son of misfortune.
_McLuth._ _Mac_, son; _luait́_, genitive of _luat́_, swiftness. Son of
swiftness.
_McMain._ _Mac_, son; _miain_, genitive of _mian_, desire. Son of desire.
_McMam._ _Mac_, son; _maim_, genitive of _mam_, a mother. Son of a mother.
_McMillin._ _Mac_, son; _muillin_, of a mill. Son of a mill. McMullin,
from the same.
_McMinn._ _Mac_, son; _min_, genitive of _min_, pronounced _mĭn_, meal.
Son of meal.
_McMurrich._ _Mac_, son; _murraiǵ_, genitive of _murrać_, a man of the
sea. Son of a seafaring man.
_McNarr._ _Mac_, son; _nairr_, Irish genitive of the German _narr_, a
fool. Son of a fool.
_McNamara._ _Mac_, son; _na_, of the; _mara_, genitive of _muir_, the
sea. Son of the sea.
_McNamee._ _Mac_, son; _anaim_, genitive of _anam_, a soul; _ee_ for
_eać_, an individual. Son of a person of soul; a generous person.
_McPadruic._ _Mac_, son; _Padruic_, Patrick. Son of Patrick. Fitzpatrick
has the same significance, _fitz_ being the Scotch for son.
_McPayne._ _Mac_, son; _payne_, from old English _payne_, pain. Son of
pain.
_McPhail._ _Mac_, son; _fâile_, genitive of _fâil_, fate. Son of fate.
_McQuade._ _Mac_, son; Dutch _kwade_, genitive _kwaide_, evil. Son of
evil.
_MacQueen._ _Mac_, son; Anglo-Saxon _quean_, a woman, allied to Irish
_gein_, an offspring. Son of the Queen.
_McQuigan._ _Mac_, son; _caoi_, pronounced _kwee_, wailing; _gan_,
offspring. Son of lamentation.
_McQuillan._ _Mac_, son; _cuilleain_, genitive of _cuillean_, a cur. Son
of a cur. Quillen, Quillan and Quilkin, of like derivation.
_McRae._ _Mac_, son; _rae_, pronounced like _ray_, genitive of _rae_, the
moon. Son of the moon; one influenced by the moon; a lunatic.
_McShain._ _Mac_, son; _Seaǵâin_, pronounced _Shawn_, genitive of
_Seaǵan_, John. Son of John. McShane, McShawn, McShaughn, of like
significance.
_McShimon._ _Mac_, son; _Shimoin_, Simon. Son of Simon. Fitzsimon, a
kindred form.
_McSorley._ _Mac_, son; _Soḿairle_, of Sorley, or Charles. Son of
Charles.
_McSwain._ _Mac_, son; Scotch _swayn_, genitive _swayne_, a lover. Son of
a lover.
_McSweegan._ _Mac_, son; _saoi_, pronounced _swee_, a sage, a
philosopher; _gan_, offspring. Son of the descendant of a philosopher.
_McTague._ _Mac_, son; _Tad́g_, pronounced _Taig_, genitive _Taid́g_, of
Thaig. Son of Thaig.
_McTamanney._ _Mac_, son; _tam_, still, sluggish, placid; _neac_, an
individual; originally, doubtless, _tamnać_, genitive _tamnaiǵ_. Son of
a quiet person. Tamany, Tamney, slightly modified forms of the same.
_McTaney._ _Mac_, son; _Taney_, from _teann_, pronounced _tāne_, stiff,
straight, independent, stubborn, hopeful, strong, reliant; _ey_ for
_eać_, an individual. Son of Taney; son of an independent person.
_McTask._ _Mac_, son; _taisg_, genitive of _tasg_, task, labor. Son of
labor.
_McTeer._ _Mac_, son; _tir_, pronounced _teer_, country. Son of the
country. Corruption of McIntire.
_McThomas._ _Mac_, son; _Tomais_, genitive of _Tomas_, Thomas. Son of
Thomas. Thompson, from the same, is an analogous, but inverted, form.
_McTighe._ _Mac_, son; _tiǵe_, pronounced _tighe_, genitive of _teać_, a
house. Son of a house.
_McTurk._ _Mac_, son; _tuirc_, genitive of _torc_, a boar, a hog. Son of
a boar.
_McVan._ _Mac-a-b́ean_, from _mac_, son; _a_, of his; _b́ean_, pronounced
_van_, woman. Son of his woman.
_Mackin._ _Mac_, son; _cionn_, of fondness. Son of fondness.
_Macoun._ _Mac Eoin_, from _mac_, son; _Eoin_, of Owen. Son of Owen.
Mackuen, of similar origin.
_Magagal._ _Maǵ-a-geall_, from _maǵ_, plain; _a_, of the; _gall_,
stranger. The plain of the stranger.
_Magher._ _Maǵ_, pronounced _mâgh_, a plain, genitive _maiǵ_, of plain;
_er_, a man. A man of the plain.
_Maguire._ _Maǵ_, a plain; _uire_, contraction of _Muire_, of Mary. The
plain of Mary.
_Main._ _Mein_, mind.
_Malone._ _Maǵ_, plain; _luain_, genitive of _luan_, pronounced _loon_,
the moon. The plain, or face of the moon.
_Maloney._ _Maǵ_, plain; _luain_, of the moon; _neać_, individual. The
man in the face of the moon.
_Martin._ _Martan_, from _mart_, an ox; _an_, denoting diminutiveness. A
young ox.
_Marvin._ _Marb́_, pronounced _marv_, dead; _in_, implying personality. A
dead person.
_Maury._ _Mâiri_, of the Mauri; _riǵ_, king. The king of the Mauri.
_Moyall._ _Maǵ_, pronounced, occasionally, _moy_, a plain, a level
country; _aille_, of the cliff. The plain of the cliff. Sometimes written
Moyal.
_Meehan._ _Mian_, pronounced _mee-an_, desire, the _h_ being ornamental
rather than useful.
_Meenan._ _Mion_, pronounced _meen_, small; _an_, suffix expressive of
littleness. A small person.
_Menough._ _Maon_, pronounced _meen_, wealth; _eać_, an individual. A
person of wealth.
_Milnamow._ _Muillin-na-maǵ_, from _muillin_, a mill; _na_, of the;
_maǵ_, pronounced _mow_, plain. The mill of the plain.
_Mishney._ _Misneac_, pronounced _mish-neay_, or _mishneach_, courage.
_Miskey._ _Meisge_, pronounced _misge_, or _miske_, drunkenness.
_Moll._ _Mol_, active verb imperative, signifying “praise thou,”
_Molloy._ _Mol-ad́_, pronounced _moloo_, “let him praise.”
_Morgan._ _Muir_, the sea, genitive _mara_, of the sea; _gan_, offspring.
A descendant of the sea; a mariner.
_Mowbray._ _Maǵ_, pronounced _mow_, a plain, a level country; _braiǵ_,
pronounced _bragh_, or _bray_, genitive of _brać_, malt. The level
country of the malt.
_Mowrey._ _Maǵ_, plain; _riǵ_, of king. The plain of the king. Mowry,
the same.
_Moy._ _Maǵ_, sometimes pronounced _moy_, a level country.
_Moyer._ _Maǵ_, the level country; _er_ for _fear_, a man. A man of the
level country.
_Muir._ _Muir_, the sea. Other forms, Muire, Muhr, Moor, Moore, Murr.
_Muirhead._ _Muir_, the sea; Anglo-Saxon _head_. Head of the sea.
_Muirney._ _Muir_, the sea; _neać_, an individual. One that follows the
sea; a mariner. Murney, from the same roots.
_Mulcahey._ Originally _Mulcat́aiǵ_, genitive of _Mulcat́eać_, from
_mul_, mound, _cat́aiǵ_, of warrior. Mound of a warrior. Mulcahy,
another form of spelling.
_Mulcrone._ _Mul_, axle; _cruine_, pronounced _croon_, of the world. The
axle of the world.
_Muldoon._ _Mul_, a mound, a knoll; _dun_, stronghold, castle. The mound
on which the castle stands.
_Mullin._ _Muillin_, a mill. Mullen betrays like origin.
_Mullock._ _Muillin_, a mill; _loiće_, genitive of _loć_, lake. The mill
of the lake.
_Murdock._ _Muir_, the sea; Gothic _dok_, an inlet, a gulf. Sea-harbor.
_Murlin._ _Muir_, the sea; _linn_, a marsh. A marsh by the sea.
_Murray._ _Murrać_, Murragh, from _muir_, the sea, and _ać_, an
individual. A navigator; a sailor.
_Murtagh._ _Muir_, the sea; _teać_, sometimes incorrectly pronounced
_teagh_, a house. A house by the sea; a light-house. Murtagh, Murtaugh,
indicate their kinship.