Etymology

McNabb

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Scottish Gaelic Mac an Abadh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac an Abadh“son of the abbot”
  2. English todayMcNabb

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Abadh (“son of the abbot”).

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