Given name & surname
Mcginley
“son of Fionnghal”
McGinley is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McGinley goes back to Irish Mac Fhionnghaile, meaning “son of Fionnghal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Fhionnghaile (“son of Fionnghal”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcginley’s family of names
In English usage, Mcginley as a surname has a related form in McGinly. In English usage, Mcginley as a surname has a related form in McGinly.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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