McCandless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

McCandless McCandlesses McCanless McCanles McCandlis Candlish

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cuindlis (“son of Cuindleas”). Shortened to Candlish in Scotland.

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