Given name & surname

Mackall

“son of Cathal”

Mackall is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mackall goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Cathail, meaning “son of Cathal.”

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Where it comes from

Mackall comes from Scottish Gaelic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Cathail (“son of Cathal”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

MackallScottish

The ring: across languages.

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“the son of Coll”

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“the son of Gill”

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“the son of Neil”

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Sibling ideas

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