Etymology

Mackall

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Cathail
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Cathail“son of Cathal”
  2. English todayMackall

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Cathail (“son of Cathal”). Compare McCall.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.