McAuliffe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

McAuliffe McAuliffes MacAuliffe McAuliff

Etymology

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

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