Etymograph

English

McQuilkin

McQuilkin comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuilcein.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Cuilcein
  2. EnglishtodayMcQuilkin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Cuilcein
  2. EnglishtodayMcQuilkin

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuilcein and Irish Mac Uilcín (‘son of Uilcín’), a personal name derived from a Gaeliced form of Wilkin.

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuilcein / McQuilkin