The mcginnis Surname
mcginnis Name Meaning and History
Irish (also Galloway in western Scotland): Anglicized form of
Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Aonghus’ (see
Angus). Compare Scottish McInnis. This is the surname of
a chieftain family in western County Down.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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