Etymograph

English

McNeil

McNeil comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill ‘son of Níall’.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Néill‘son of Níall’
  2. EnglishtodayMcNeil

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Néill‘son of Níall’
  2. EnglishtodayMcNeil

The story

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill (‘son of Níall’).

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill / McNeil