Given name & surname
McNeill
“the son of Neil”
McNeill is a variant of Macneill. One interpretation is “the son of Neil.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McNeill is a variant of Macneill. One interpretation is “the son of Neil.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
McNeill possibly comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Scottish Gaelic Mac + Niall (“possibly "the champion”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
McNeill’s family of names
McNeill has a related form in Macneill.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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