The story
- Irish · derived fromMac Conduibh“son of the black hound”
- English todayMcAdoo
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.
Words from the same roots
IrishMac Conduibh all →
McCunniff
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.