- MacAlpin
Last name: MacAlpin. SDB Popularity ranking: 3997. This famous Scottish clan surname is also popular in Northern Ireland. It derives from a personal name "Ailpean" from the Gaelic elements "alp" meaning hill and "ean or ain", small or little, the small hill.
- MacAlpine
It derives from a personal name "Ailpean" from the Gaelic elements "alp" meaning hill and "ean or ain", small or little, the small hill. Recorded in the main spellings of MacAlpine, MacAlpin and the shortened version McAlpine, this is one of the most prolific and earliest recorded of traditional Gaelic surnames.
- MacAndrew
MacAndrew. Buy JPG Image » The name MacAndrew originated among the descendants of the ancient Pictish clans. It is derived from the baptismal name Andrew which in Greek means manly. The name was popular as both a personal name and a surname, likely because it was the name of Scotland's patron saint.
- Macauley
Variant(s) MacAuley, Macauley. Macaulay, McAuley, MacAuley, and Macauley are surnames in the English language. There are several etymological origins for the names: all of which originated as patronyms in several Gaelic languages—Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
- MacAuslan
The root of the ancient Dalriadan-Scottish name MacAuslan is the Gaelic form of Absolom, which means peace. Historically this name can be found in The Bible, as the name of the third son of King David, who was killed for rebellion against his father. Buy PDF History »
Meaning: Son of absalon
Origin: Scottish - MacBain
MacBain. Buy JPG Image » The chronicle of the name MacBain begins with a family in the Pictish clans of ancient Scotland. The name is derived from the Gaelic word Beathan or betha which means life. Bean was also the name of a saint in the Breviary of Aberdeen.
Meaning: Son of beathan
Origin: Scottish - MacBean
MacBean is an ancient Pictish-Scottish name. It is derived from the Gaelic word Beathan or betha which means life. Bean was also the name of a saint in the Breviary of Aberdeen.
Meaning: Son of beathan
Origin: Scottish - MacBeth
Anglicized form of the Gaelic given name Mac Beatha meaning "son of life", implying holiness. This was the name of an 11th-century Scottish king. Shakespeare based his play 'Macbeth' loosely on this king's life.
- MacCallum
MacCallum History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms. MacCallum. Buy JPG Image » In the mountains of Scotland's west coast and on the Hebrides islands, the ancestors of the MacCallum family were born. Their name comes from the Gaelic personal name "MacChaluim" which means "son of Calum," oe "son of St. Colomba."
- MacClennan
The McLennan surname is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhinneain, a patronymic name created from a Gaelic personal name "Fionnán," from the Gaelic "fionn," meaning "white." Buy PDF History »
Meaning: Son of finnians servant
Origin: Scottish - MacColl
MacColl is a very old Scottish name that may even date back to the Dalriadan tribe of Scotland's western coast and Hebrides islands. It comes from the Gaelic surname of Scottish origin, which means son of the battle chief.
- MacDaibhidh
- MacDhuBh
Meaning: Son of the blackman
Origin: Scottish - MacDomhnall
Meaning: Son of the worlds ruler
Origin: Scottish - MacDonald
McDonald is a common Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of Donald," a given name meaning "world ruler," from the Gaelic Mac Dhamhnuill.
Meaning: Son of the worlds ruler
Origin: Scottish - MacDonell
The sea-swept Hebrides islands and the west coast of Scotland are the ancestral home of the MacDonell family. Their name comes from the personal name Donald. the surname is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, which means son of Donald; it is a form of the surname MacDonald.
Meaning: Son of the worlds ruler
Origin: Scottish - MacDougal
Last name: MacDougal. SDB Popularity ranking: 11438. This notable Scottish surname is a development of the Old Gaelic "Mac Dubhghaill", meaning the son of the dark stranger.
- MacDoughall
Mcdougall Name Meaning. Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill, 'son of Dubhghall', a personal name composed of the elements dubh 'black' + gall 'stranger'. This was originally a byname used to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from the fair-haired Norwegians.
- MacDubhgall
- MacDuff
Shakespearean Meaning: The name MacDuff is a Shakespearean baby name. In Shakespearean the meaning of the name MacDuff is: The Tragedy of Macbeth' Macduff, Thane of Fife, a nobleman of Scotland who finally kills Macbeth.
Meaning: Son of the blackman
Origin: Scottish - MacEwen
The Scottish surname MacEwen derives from the Old Gaelic Mac Eoghainn, meaning 'the son of Eoghann'.
- MacFarlane
The surname MacFarlane, and other variations of the name, are Anglicisations of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Pharlain, meaning "son of Parlan". The Gaelic Parlan or Parthalán is likely an Gaelicisation of the Latin Bartholomaeus.
- MacFie
Macfie or MacFie is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe, which means "son of Duibhshíth" (or alternately MacDhubhshith, "son of Dubhshithe"). This Gaelic personal name is composed of two elements: dubh "black" + síth "peace".
Meaning: Son of the dark of peace
Origin: Scottish - MacGillivray
The Picts were the ancient Scottish tribe where the ancestors of the MacGillivray family lived. The name MacGillivray comes from a personal name meaning servant of judgement. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Gillebhrath.
Meaning: Son of the servant of judgment
Origin: Scottish - MacGowan
The McGowan surname derives from the Irish Gaelic name Mac an Ghabhain, which means "son of the blacksmith." As such, the name was probably originally occupational. It has often appeared in its Anglicized form Smith. Buy PDF History »
Meaning: Son of the smith
Origin: Scottish - Machair
Scottish Meaning: The name Machair is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Machair is: Plain.
- Machar
Scottish Meaning: The name Machar is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Machar is: Plain.
- Machara
The name Machara is a baby girl name. The name Machara comes from the Scottish origin. In Scottish The meaning of the name Machara is: Plain.
- MacInnes
This interesting surname is the Scottish form of the Irish McGuinness, itself an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac Aonghuis" composed of the elements "mac" meaning son of plus "Aonghuis" the male given name Angus, meaning "unique choice". Its first known bearer was Aonghus Turimleach in the 3rd Century B.C..
Meaning: Son of the unique choice
Origin: Scottish - MacIntosh
In 1984, Apple employee Jeff Raskin named our computer for his favorite apple (and mine as well). ... The clan name includes the variations McIntosh, MacIntosh, Macintosh, and MacKintosh. The word Macintosh comes from the Gaelic Mac an Toisich, which translates to Son of Thane. Toisich or Thane means "leader", or "chief".
Meaning: Son of the thane
Origin: Scottish
