Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
McDow is a form of McDuff. McDuff comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcdow’s family of names
In English usage, Mcdow as a surname has a related form in McDuff.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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