Etymology

McPeak

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

Irish Mac Péice ← Old English pīc
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  1. Old English · derived frompīc
  2. Irish · derived fromMac Péice“son of Péic”
  3. English todayMcPeak

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Péice (“son of Péic”), of non-Celtic but obscure origin, perhaps in actuality related to English peak or its source. * As an English surname, from Old English pīc (see Pike) though it could also be from or influenced by Peak.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishpīc all →

peak

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.