Maclean Family

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About the Maclean surname

The surname Maclean is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Meuk-lin/mœklin/

Most frequent given names among the Maclean family

Men

  1. 1John77
  2. 2Donald67
  3. 3James46
  4. 4William38
  5. 5Robert26

Women

  1. 1Margaret69
  2. 2Mary50
  3. 3Catherine45
  4. 4Marie33
  5. 5Élizabeth29
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The Maclean name in our genealogy archives

3,992occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
28 431881 → 1901people enumerated
1788First mention of the name
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