English
McCracken
McCracken comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Reachtain
- EnglishtodayMcCracken
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Reachtain
- EnglishtodayMcCracken
The story
Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain, a variant of Mac Neachtain (see McNaughton).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain / McCracken