English Explanatory Dictionary

McCunniff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

McCunniff McCunniffs Cunniff

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McAdoo and McNiff.

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