English
McMeekin
McMeekin comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Miadhacháin ‘son of Miadhachán’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Miadhacháin‘son of Miadhachán’
- EnglishtodayMcMeekin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Miadhacháin‘son of Miadhachán’
- EnglishtodayMcMeekin
The story
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Miadhacháin (‘son of Miadhachán’), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of miadhach (‘honorable’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Miadhacháin
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Miadhacháin / McMeekin