Etymograph

English

McHale

McHale may come from Irish mac ‘son of the companion’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentmac‘son of the companion’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1922McHale

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentmac‘son of the companion’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1922McHale

Earliest quotation: 1922, Musical News and Herald: “Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel,…”

The story

Anglicized form of Irish mac céile (‘son of the companion’) or, alternatively, from Irish Mac Haol (‘son of Haol’), a Gaelicized form of Howell.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Irish mac

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

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