Etymology

McEachern

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Eichthigheirn
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Eichthigheirn“son of Eichthigearn”
  2. English todayMcEachern

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Eichthigheirn (“son of Eichthigearn”), a personal name formed by each (“horse”) + tighearna (“lord”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.