Etymology

McSpadden

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Spáidín
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Spáidín“son of Spáidín”
  2. English todayMcSpadden

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Spáidín (“son of Spáidín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of spád (“spade”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.