Given name & surname
Macintosh
“the son of the thane”
Macintosh is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of the thane.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of the thane.”
Where it comes from
Macintosh comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Irish toísech, from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *towissākos, built from Proto-Celtic *towissus + *-ākos.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Macintosh’s family of names
Macintosh has a related form in Macintoshe. Macintosh has a related form in Mackintosh. Macintosh has a related form in McIntosh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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