McAuliffe.
A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].
Meaning & usage
A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Irish mac Proto-Germanic *anô Proto-Germanic *laibō Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ)der. Middle Irish Amlaíbder. Irish Amhlaoibh Irish Mac Amhlaoibhder. English McAuliffe Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.
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