Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
MacPhail is a form of McPhail. McPhail comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Macphail’s family of names
In English usage, Macphail as a surname has a related form in MCPHAIL.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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