Their name comes from the Gaelic name Muiredachus, meaning "belonging to the sea, a mariner," fro which also coes the more common and quite distinct name Murdoch.
Mcmurray Name Meaning. Northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Muireadhaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Muireadhach 'seafarer' (see Murdock). Similar surnames: Mcmurtry, Mcmorran, Mcmurphy, Murray, Mccorry, Mcmorrow, Mccurley.
The name Macnab is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac An Aba, which means child of the abbot.
MacNachtan is a baby boy name its meaning is . Mostly popular in christian religion. The poeple have viewed this name 649 times.
The first family to use the name MacNair lived among the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. The name MacNair is derived from the personal name John. The Gaelic form of their name was originally Mac-Iain-uidhir, which means son of dun John.
In ancient Scotland, the ancestors of the McNaughton family were part of a tribe called the Picts. The name McNaughton is derived from the Pictish name Nechtan. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Neachdainn, which means son of Nechtan.
The surname is Gaelic in origin. The name McNeill is often associated with the Islands of Gigha and Colonsay. The name is considered a sub-sept of Clan MacNeill or Clan MacNeil which is historically associated with the island of Barra in the outer Hebrides. The Gaelic patronymic meaning of McNeill is 'Son of Neil'.
MacNiall is a baby boy name its meaning is . Mostly popular in christian religion. The poeple have viewed this name 1021 times.
The ancient Viking-Scottish name MacNicol is derived from from the personal name, Nicholas. ... The name Nicholas came from the Greek, Nikolaos, which means conqueror of the people. In Scotland, the earliest bearers of the surname MacNicol lived on the Isle of Skye, which is located on the western coast.
The name Macpherson — or MacPherson or McPherson, according to different spellings — comes from the Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain and means 'Son of the Parson'. The Parson in question was Muriach, a 12th century parson, or lay preacher, of Kingussie in Badenoch.
