McAuliffe

• MacAuliffe, McAuliff

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.

McAuliffe (plural McAuliffes)

1. A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAuliffe is the 5996^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5733 individuals. McAuliffe is most common among White (96.04%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAuliffe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.