Etymology

McNeil

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Néill“son of Níall”
  2. English todayMcNeil

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill (“son of Níall”).

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac Néill all →

Mackneil

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.