Etymology

McAnespie

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Irish Mac an Easpaig
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac an Easpaig“son of the bishop”
  2. English todayMcAnespie

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Easpaig (“son of the bishop”), from easpag (“bishop”).

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