The story
- Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMacAoidh
- Irish · borrowed fromMac Aodha
- English todayMcKay
From Irish Mac Aodha and Scottish Gaelic MacAoidh (literally “son of Aodh”). Related to McCoy and McGee.
Words from the same roots
IrishMac Aodha all →
McGeeMcKee
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.