Etymograph

English

McClellan

McClellan comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Gille Fhaolain
  2. EnglishtodayMcClellan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Gille Fhaolain
  2. EnglishtodayMcClellan

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (‘son of the servant of Faolán’), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (‘wolf’).

Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain / McClellan

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