Etymograph

English

McPhilemy

McPhilemy comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh ‘son of Feidhlimidh’.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Feidhlimidh‘son of Feidhlimidh’
  2. EnglishtodayMcPhilemy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Feidhlimidh‘son of Feidhlimidh’
  2. EnglishtodayMcPhilemy

The story

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh (‘son of Feidhlimidh’), a personal name explained as meaning "the ever good".

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh / McPhilemy