The mcknight Surname
mcknight Name Meaning and History
- (Ulster) Anglicized form of Scottish Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.
- part translation of Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the horseman (Gaelic ridire)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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