English Explanatory Dictionary

McCaskill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].
  2. A town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.

Word forms

McCaskill McCaskills

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Asgaill (“son of Asgall”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).

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