Updated June 9, 2019

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (Connacht) and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Tánaiste ‘son of the tanist’. The word tanist denoted a senior and respected member of a clan who was heir presumptive to its chief. Clan leadership was not hereditary, but depended on ability.