Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Irish : Bookish Boy name variations Macaulif Macaulif 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Macauliff Macauliff 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings Irish (Cork) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ‘son of Amhlaoibh’, Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Olaf (see McCauley).