Etymology

McHaffie

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Cathbhaidh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Gille Cathbhaidh“son of the servant of (Saint) Cathbhadh”
  2. English todayMcHaffie

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Cathbhaidh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Cathbhadh”).

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