Etymology

McElhinney

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

Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Choinnigh“son of the servant of (saint) Coinneach”
  2. English todayMcElhinney

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh (“son of the servant of (saint) Coinneach”).

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Giolla Choinnigh all →

McHaney

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.