Etymology

McAloon

M3C3A1L1O1O1N1

Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Giolla Eóin
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Eóin“son of the servant of (Saint) John”
  2. English todayMcAloon

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Eóin (“son of the servant of (Saint) John”).

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Giolla Eóin all →

McGlone

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.