Surname

Mctague

“son of the poet”

McTague is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

McTague is a form of McTigue. McTigue goes back to Irish Mac Taidhg, meaning “son of the poet.”

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Where it comes from

McTague is a form of McTigue. McTigue comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mctague’s family of names

In English usage, Mctague as a surname has a related form in MCTIGUE.

Walk Mctague’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Mctague, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish · Literary

Mctighe

“son of the poet”

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Irish · Literary

Mcneely

“son of the poet”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Gaelic · Literary

Strahan

“a poet; a minstrel”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic · Literary

McBeth

“the son of Beth”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Literary

Derval

“one's true desire; a poet's daughter”

No U.S. birth series

91% boys · 9% girls

Irish · Literary

Heeney

“God is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic · Literary

Osheen

Osheen is an English rendering of Oisín, a Gaelic name with a deer-related root.

No U.S. birth series

59% boys · 41% girls

Welsh · Literary

Cedric

Cedric has an unusually traceable literary beginning: Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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