Etymograph

English

McHaney

McHaney may come from Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Giolla Choinnighuncertain
  2. EnglishtodayMcHaney

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Giolla Choinnighuncertain
  2. EnglishtodayMcHaney

The story

Perhaps an unusual Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Choinnigh (‘son of the servant of (Saint) Canice’) from the personal name Coinneach (‘Kenneth, Canice’).

Every English word from Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh / McHaney

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