Etymology

McCallion

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Irish Mac Cailín
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Cailín“son of Cailín”
  2. English todayMcCallion

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cailín (“son of Cailín”), a personal name which derives from coileán (“cub, puppy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.