McCartney

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artaine (literally “son of Artan”), from mac (“son”) + Artan, a diminutive of the name Art, from Old Irish art (“bear”). Compare McCartan, of similar origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məkˈkɑː(ɹ)t.ni/
  • Hyphenation: Mc‧Cart‧ney

Proper noun

McCartney

  1. An Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic, notably of Sir Paul McCartney (b. 1942), one of the Beatles.
  2. An unincorporated community in Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCartney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 545.
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