Etymology

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

Irish Mac Loingsigh
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Loingsigh“son of Loingseach”
  2. English todayMcGlinchey

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Loingsigh (“son of Loingseach”), a given name meaning "mariner" or "sea-rover".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.