Etymograph

English

McMeekin

McMeekin comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Miadhacháin ‘son of Miadhachán’.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Miadhacháin‘son of Miadhachán’
  2. EnglishtodayMcMeekin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Miadhacháin‘son of Miadhachán’
  2. 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’).

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Miadhacháin / McMeekin