Etymology McCown

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1 etymology

1.1 mac eòghain
1.2 mac eòin
1.3 mac còmhghan
1.4 mac eachainn
1.5 mac gobhainn
1.6 other possibilities





etymology

mccown celtic-language surname. there several possible etymologies name. variants include anglicised forms of gaelic names mac eòghain, mac eòin, mac còmhghan, maceachain, , mac gobhainn.


the gaelic prefixes, ( mac , mc ) translate son of in english. gaelic prefixes ( giolla, gille, gil, el, il ) translate servant of in english. mac ailin .i. giolla epscoip mac giolla epscoip t-aon-mac gaoidhil lugha dob olc n-albain [ mac allen ( gilla-easpuig, son of gilla-easpuig), no means least distinguished of gaels of scotland ] mac giola epscoip meaning servant of church became gillespie. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/episcopus


mac eòghain

mac eoghain etymological origin surname mccown. gaelic name eòghan translates modern day english ewen or owen. prefix of eo in eoghan, pronounced yew. has caused many translate eoghan mean born of yew. such, may indicate name derives profession of yewer( archer/bower ). eo, translates mean salmon. has come mean born based on latinized form of eugenius. name eoghan has strong associations irish king eógan mac néill clan macewen thought have ancestral ties. other notable eógans include owain mab urien, owain gwynedd, owain ddantgwyn, Éogan mór, saint eoghan, eógan of strathclyde, eógan ii of strathclyde, eóganan mac Óengusa, eóghan of argyll , Éogan mac durthacht,.


mac eòin

the name eòin gaelic form of john. mac eoin anglicized (mckeon/mckeown) thought have derived, in cases, mac eoin bissett.


mac còmhghan

the name còmhghan , variants ( còmhan, comhainn, còmhain ) derived comh ( ) , gan-, gen- ( born ). a.k.a. twins , associated surname cowan. name mac giolla còmhghan, translates english son of servant of comhghain. translates mean follower of st. comgan. st. comgan son of cellach cualann, brother of st. caintigerna , uncle of st. fillan. 1 of king of scots, lulach mac gille coemgáin had name. mac giolla còmhghan associated anglicized surname mcelhone. phonetically, mcelhone seems similar mac colquhoun.


mac eachainn

maceachainn pictish name of galloway, scotland. family name mccaughan (pronounced me cachan in old lands; me cawhan in americans) found variously recorded in public , private documents since eleventh century, , c, k, , g, of c predominates, , anglicized phonetic rendering of gaelic surname maceachain, meaning son of eachain .


mac gobhainn

in ireland , scotland, word smith, gobha, found in surname macgowan/mcgowan. surname anglicised form of mac gobhann (scottish gaelic), mac gabhann (irish), meaning son of smith .


other possibilities

other possible derivations of name may come manx language word cowan , variants (cowanagh, coan, couan) defined either shelter between 2 hills, or inhabitant of plains. worth mentioning old irish word cúan means bay, gulf, harbour or sea. prefix cú in name cúan can mean hound. cúan pronounced koo awn. name stems cú chulainn famous killing hound.


the name cuan can mean little warrior , tends synonymous names quain, quane, , quan.








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