English
McGuigan
McGuigan comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn ‘son of the viking’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Uiginn‘son of the viking’
- EnglishtodayMcGuigan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Uiginn‘son of the viking’
- EnglishtodayMcGuigan
The story
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (‘son of the viking’), from uiging (‘Viking; pirate’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn / McGuigan