Given name & surname
Macmillan
“the son of the bald one”
Macmillan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of the bald one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of the bald one.”
Macmillan’s family of names
Macmillan has a related form in Macmillen. Macmillan has a related form in McMillan. Macmillan has a related form in McMillen.
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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