Etymology

McGinty

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

Irish Mac Fhionnachtaigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Fhionnachtaigh“son of Fionnachtach”
  2. English todayMcGinty

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnachtaigh (“son of Fionnachtach”), a variant of the personal name Fionnshneachtach, which is composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) and sneachtach (“snowy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.