Etymology

McDonnell

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

Irish Mac Dhomhnuill
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Dhomhnuill“son of Donald”
  2. English todayMcDonnell

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhomhnuill (“son of Donald”). See also MacDonald.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.