Etymograph

English

MacDonald

MacDonald comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Dhòmhnaill
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022MacDonald

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Dhòmhnaill
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022MacDonald

Earliest quotation: 2022, Elle Reeve: “Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute,…”

Today it means

name A surname from Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill / MacDonald