Given name & surname · also Irish
McIntosh
“the son of the thane”
McIntosh is a variant of Macintosh. One interpretation is “the son of the thane.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McIntosh is a variant of Macintosh. One interpretation is “the son of the thane.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
McIntosh comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Irish toísech, from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *towissākos, built from Proto-Celtic *towissus + *-ākos.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
McIntosh’s family of names
McIntosh has a related form in Macintosh. In English usage, McIntosh as a surname was borrowed from the Scottish Gaelic form Mac an Tòisiche.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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