Family name origins & meanings
- Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha or Mac Eachaidh ‘son of Eachaidh’, a byname meaning ‘horseman’ (a derivative of each ‘horse’).
- Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gáibhthigh, patronymic from a personal name based on gáibhtheach ‘fierce’, ‘eager’ (earlier gáibhthech). Compare Gaffey and Caughey.