Given name & surname
Macleod
“the son of the ugly one”
Macleod is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of the ugly one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of the ugly one.”
Where it comes from
Macleod comes from Irish, and ultimately from Cree.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Macleod’s family of names
Macleod has a related form in MacCloud. Macleod has a related form in McCloud. Macleod has a related form in McLeod.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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