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McCormick (surname) McCormick is a family name that originated in Ireland, Munster [ 2] and later Scotland from the Irish given name. Spelling variations: Cormack, MacCormack, McCormack, McCormick, MacCormick, Carmack, Cormac, Cormach, Cormich and Cormiche. It comes from the first name of the original bearer.
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic , Lithuanian and Latvian surnames ), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Anglicised Irish-language surnames (421 P) Anglo-Norman Irish dynasties (10 C, 7 P) I. Irish-language surnames (3 C, 85 P) O. O'Shaughnessy family (22 P)
M (a)cLaughlin / mɪˈklɒxlɪn / 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' .
Irish name. A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames, distinct from patronyms, which are seen in Icelandic names, for example. The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is a man, a woman, or a woman married to a man, who adopts his surname.
Map of Gaelic Ireland showing the territory of the Ulaid c. 900. McGee or McKee (Irish: Mac Aodha, meaning "son of Aodh") is an English language surname of Irish origin. The surname McGee was first found in along the border of counties Donegal and Tyrone (Tír Eoghain), the ancient territory of the O'Neills, now in the Province of Ulster, central Northern Ireland, where they are thought to be ...
The surnames McCabe ( Irish: Mac Cába) [ 2] and MacCabe ( / məˈkeɪb / muh-KAYB) are Irish and Scottish surnames. McCabes are considered to have moved from the Western Isles of Scotland to Ireland sometime around 1350. McCabes are now found mostly in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.
McBride (surname) The name "McBride" or "MacBride" is an Irish surname, the English spelling for the Irish name " Mac Giolla Bhríde". The surname is also found in Scotland, and is the anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Brighde, from earlier Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Irish), Mac Gille Brighde (Scottish) ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brighid’.