Etymology

McGinnis

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

Irish Mac Aonghusa ← Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMacAonghais
  2. Irish · borrowed fromMac Aonghusa
  3. English todayMcGinnis

Anglicized from Irish Mac Aonghusa and Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais. Compare English McGuiness

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Aonghusa all →

GuinnessMcGuiness

Scottish GaelicMacAonghais all →

McInnis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.