Etymology

McClintock

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

Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntóg ← Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhionndaig
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Gille Fhionndaig“son of the servant of (Saint) Finndag”
  2. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Fhionntóg
  3. English todayMcClintock

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntóg and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhionndaig (“son of the servant of (Saint) Finndag”), a personal name derived from fionn (“white”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.