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Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic MacDubhghaill (“son of the dark stranger”), equivalent to mac + Dubhghall.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →
Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic MacDubhghaill (“son of the dark stranger”), equivalent to mac + Dubhghall.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.