Etymology

McGuiness

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

Irish mac Aonghusa
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The story

  1. Irish · borrowed frommac Aonghusa
  2. English todayMcGuiness

Anglicized from Irish mac Aonghusa. Compare McGinnis.

Words from the same roots

Irishmac Aonghusa all →

GuinnessMcGinnis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.