McGinn Family

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About the McGinn surname

The surname McGinn is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. The prefix in McGinn belongs to a family of Gaelic forms traditionally used in patronymic surnames and is generally associated with descent.

Pronunciation: Èm-sé-jin/ɛmseʒin/

Most frequent given names among the McGinn family

Men

  1. 1Michael46
  2. 2James38
  3. 3John38
  4. 4Thomas35
  5. 5William24

Women

  1. 1Mary78
  2. 2Margaret34
  3. 3Catherine31
  4. 4Ann20
  5. 5Rose14
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The McGinn name in our genealogy archives

1,024occurrences in our collections
8collections containing this name
5 81881 → 1901people enumerated
1822First mention of the name
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