Mac_Suibhne

Mac Suibhne

Mac Suibhne

Surname list

The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of Suibhne and means "son of Suibhne".[1] The personal name Suibhne means "pleasant".[2]

Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney,[3] McSeveny,[3] McSween,[4] McSweeney,[1] McSweeny,[1] McSwiney,[1] Sweaney,[5] Sween,[1] Sweeney,[5] Sweenie,[5] Sweeny,[5] Sweney,[6] Swiney,[7] Swinney,[8] A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne.[2] Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) Mawhinney,[9] McQueen,[10] McQueeney,[10] McQueenie,[10] (possibly) McWhinney,[9] Queen,[11] Queeney,[11] Wheen.[12]

One particular family that has borne the surname Mac Suibhne is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.[5]

People

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Citations

  1. [1]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  2. [2]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  3. [3]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  4. [4]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808.
  5. [5]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  6. [6]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2605, 2608.
  7. [7]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2607, 2608.
  8. [8]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2604, 2608.
  9. [9]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726.
  10. [10]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804.
  11. [11]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) pp. 1804, 2192.
  12. [12]
    Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2876.

References

  • Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016a). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.
  • Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016b). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879884-2.
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