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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (western Ulster) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Niallghuis ‘son of Niallghus’, a personal name (probably originally a compliment) composed of the personal name Niall ‘champion’ + gus ‘choice’ or ‘vigor’.

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