The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Gille Choinnigh“son of the servant of (Saint) Canice”
- Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Choinnigh
- English todayMcHaney
Perhaps an unusual Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choinnigh or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Choinnigh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Canice”) from the personal name Coinneach (“Kenneth, Canice”).
Words from the same roots
IrishMac Giolla Choinnigh all →
McElhinney
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.