Surname · also Gaelic
Mawhinney
“son of Coinneach”
Mawhinney is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mawhinney goes back to Irish Mac Choinnigh, meaning “son of Coinneach.”
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Where it comes from
Mawhinney comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Mac Choinnich, from Irish Mac Choinnigh (“son of Coinneach”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mawhinney’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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