Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Mcleish
“son of the servant of Jesus”
McLeish is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McLeish goes back to Irish Mac Gille Íosa, meaning “son of the servant of Jesus.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
McLeish comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcleish’s family of names
In English usage, Mcleish as a surname has a related form in MCCLEESE. In English usage, Mcleish as a surname has a related form in MCCLEESE. In English usage, Mcleish as a surname has a related form in MCCLISH.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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