''MacEachainn'' is a masculine surname in

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. The name translates into

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as "son of '' Eachann''". The feminine form of the name is ''NicEachainn'', which translates to "daughter of the son of ''Eachann''". These surnames originated as a patronyms. However, they no longer refer to the actual name of the bearer's father or grandfather. There are numerous

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forms of ''MacEachainn''.

Etymology

The

''MacEachainn'' translates into

as "son of '' Eachann''". The surname originated as a patronym. However, it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name ''Eachann'' is composed of two elements. The first element, ''each'', translates to "

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". The second element, ''donn'', has been translated two different ways: one translation attributed to this element is "

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"; the other translation is "lord".

Feminine form

''MacEachainn'' is a masculine surname. The form of this surname for females is ''NicEachainn''. The feminine name translates into English as "daughter of the son of ''Eachann''. Like the masculine form, this surname no longer refers to the actually name of the bearer's grandfather.

Anglicised forms

Some of the

forms of ''MacEachainn'' are '' MacEachen'', '' McEachen'', and ''

MacEachin The surnames MacEachen, McEachen, MacEachin, and McEachin are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic '' MacEachainn'', which means "son of '' Eachann''". The Scottish Gaelic given name '' Eachann'' is composed of two elements. The first element i ...

'', '' McEachin''.

References

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