The mccartney Surname
mccartney Name Meaning and History
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Scottish
Gaelic Mac Artaine, ‘son of Artan’ a diminutive of the
personal name Art ‘bear’ or ‘hero’. Compare Irish Mac
Artáin (see McCartan), of which this is a variant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| McCartney/Macartney - Ireland/Aberdeen, Scotland |
 ban_shee
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| James McCartney |
summerann81
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| Who r my people | Susan Mccartney | 23 |
| Andrew McCartney & Jennetta Cook |
mmccartney157
| 1 |
| Ross Co. OHIO McCartneys | Cheryl Hessler | 14 |
| Porter McCartney, KS/MO |
Gloria (Collins) Jackson
| 15 |
| Thomas McCartney |
JChudd
| 6 |
| MCCARTNEY | Michael F McCartney | 2 |
| McCartney's from Washington County, Pennsylvania |
summerann81
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| McCartneys from Ohio |
kimalder79
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