Etymology

McClung

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Luinge“son of Lunge”
  2. English todayMcClung

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.