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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (Donegal and Derry) and Scottish (Argyllshire) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cailín ‘son of Cailín or Caileán’, a personal name that is either a variant of Colin or a derivative of coileán ‘puppy’.

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