Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Mcneely
“son of the poet”
McNeely is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McNeely goes back to Irish Mac an Fhilidh, meaning “son of the poet.”
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Where it comes from
McNeely comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac an Fhilidh (“son of the poet”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcneely’s family of names
In English usage, Mcneely as a surname has a related form in MCNEELEY. In English usage, Mcneely as a surname has a related form in MCNEELEY. In English usage, Mcneely as a surname has a related form in MCNEILLY.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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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