Given name & surname
Mcclinton
“from the hill of lime trees”·“from the lime tree”
In English use, Mcclinton has a related form in Linden. Interpretations include “from the hill of lime trees” (English) and “from the lime tree” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Mcclinton has a related form in Linden. Interpretations include “from the hill of lime trees” (English) and “from the lime tree” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Mcclinton has a related form in Linden. An origin associated with Linden is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Irish Mac Giolla Fhionntáin (“son of the servant of (Saint) Fintán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mcclinton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 34 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,759 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mcclinton’s family of names
In English usage, Mcclinton has a related form in Linden. In English usage, Mcclinton as a surname has a related form in MCCLENDON. In English usage, Mcclinton as a surname has a related form in MCCLENDON.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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