Etymology

McKibben

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Irish Mac Fhibín ← Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Giobúin
  2. Irish · derived fromMac Fhibín“son of Fibín”
  3. English todayMcKibben

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhibín (“son of Fibín”), a pet form of Philip. Also an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin; compare McGibbon.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac Giobúin all →

McCubbinMcGibbon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.