Etymology

McPhilemy

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Feidhlimidh“son of Feidhlimidh”
  2. English todayMcPhilemy

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh (“son of Feidhlimidh”), a personal name explained as meaning "the ever good".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.