I saw NBA games and found some players' names strange, such as McGrady, McDyss. I wonder what "Mc" means here.
2006-11-18 14:10:00 · 5 answers · asked by peterpan 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The Mc prefix means "son of" in Scots names. There are equivalents in many European namings meaning "son of", "of the clan of", "of the family of" and so on. The Irish use "O'" - O'Malley, O'Shea, etc, or "Fitz" - FitzPatrick (or Fitzpatrick), etc. The English, Germans, and Scandanavians use suffixes: English - Johnson, Danish - Jensen. Spanish also use a suffix "-ez" - Martinez, Gonzalez, etc. Slavic names have "-vich" or "-ov " (male) or "-ova" (female)..
2006-11-18 15:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-29 01:06:38 · answer #2 · answered by Shane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mc and Mac are Gaelic prefixes which translate to "son of". McDermmott (son of Dermmott) MacClintock (son of Clintock). The tradition is of Irish and Scottish origen, though no longer practiced.
2006-11-18 15:00:06 · answer #3 · answered by atreadia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mc is scotch and means son of. That is definitely not english.
Like the McCulloch chain saw. there was an article on that it was the clan of the Culloch. The sons of him were McCulloch
Irish are O Like O'leary O' callihan
2006-11-18 14:13:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a prefix (like Mac) and literally translates to: son of
2006-11-18 14:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by D B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋