Given name & surname · also Gaelic

Mccaskill

“son of Asgall”

McCaskill is a surname from Scottish Gaelic (ultimately Old Norse).

Meaning & origin

What it means

McCaskill goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Asgaill, meaning “son of Asgall.”

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Where it comes from

McCaskill comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Asgaill (“son of Asgall”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

MccaskillScottish

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Middle English

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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