Etymology

McSkean

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Irish Mac Sceacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Sceacháin“son of Sceachán”
  2. English todayMcSkean

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Sceacháin (“son of Sceachán”), a personal name from a diminutive of sceach (“briar, thornbush”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.