The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Giolla Mhearnóg“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”
- English todayWarnock
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.