Etymology

McLaughlin

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

Irish Mac Lochlainn
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The story

  1. Irish · borrowed fromMac Lochlainn“son of Lochlan”
  2. English todayMcLaughlin

Anglicized from Irish Mac Lochlainn (“son of Lochlan”). By surface analysis, Mc- + Laughlin.

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