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The mcgill Surname

mcgill Name Meaning and History

Scottish (Galloway) and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill ‘son of the stranger’ (see Gall 1).
Irish: short form of Gaelic names beginning with Mac Giolla ‘son of the servant (or devotee) of’ (see for example McElroy).
Scottish: Anglicized form of Mac Ghille Mhaoil, otherwise Anglicized as McMillan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of mcgill Families in the US in 1920

Number of mcgill families

109-215

37-108

1-36

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Thread	Author	Replies
McGILL Donna Marie 1973-1989	t42MountOlivet	0
HELP - 2 Robert Russell McGills???	bamamom9	0
McGill/Magill/Magil From Northern Ireland Millisle/ Ballybuttle/Ballycopeland	donnam139	7
McGILL N Calvin and Elizabeth P	t42MountOlivet	0
McGill DNA Project	TEDIONA	13
Mc GILL Fred Lee 1944-1997	t42MountOlivet	0
Emma Rockecharlie McGill	bdt4968	0
Walter McGILL/ Delilah STALANS in Tennessee	twebb_martin	24
Dallas McGill of Wheeling WV & PA	merlinwv	0
Mc GILL Audrey M 1890-1971	t42MountOlivet	0

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