Surname
Mac Carthaigh
“son of Carthach”
Mac Carthaigh is a surname. It is used in Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mac Carthaigh goes back to a word meaning “son of Carthach.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mac Carthaigh’s family of names
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