MacKinley is a surname. It is an Anglicization of the

Gaelic language The Goidelic ( ) or Gaelic languages (; ; ) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle o ...

''Mac an Léigh'' and varies from that Gaelic language surname's other Anglicization, McKinley, in that only the Gaelic language element ''Léigh'' and not, also, the Gaelic language patronymic forming prefix element ''Mac'' is anglicized by contraction. The MacKinley are a branch of the MacDonlevy (dynasty) royals of

Gaelic Ireland Gaelic Ireland () was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late Prehistory of Ireland, prehistoric era until the 17th century. It comprised the whole island before Anglo-Norman invasi ...

.Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Member of the Council, National Academy of Ireland, ''Irish Names and Surnames'', © 1967 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, in Irish and English, p. 355-356 Notable people with the surname include: *

Ron MacKinley Ronald William "Ronnie" MacKinley (born August 24, 1947) is a Prince Edward Island Liberal politician, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Early life Born in Charlottetown, MacKinley is the son of John McKi ...

, Canadian politician

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{{surname, MacKinley Surnames of Ulster-Scottish origin Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames Irish medical families

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