Etymology

McLeish

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Irish Mac Gille Íosa
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Gille Íosa“son of the servant of Jesus”
  2. English todayMcLeish

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).

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