Mahood Family History
Mahood Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of MacHood an altered form of Irish Ó hUid ‘descendant of Ud’ in which Ó ‘descendant’ has been replaced by Mac ‘son’. Compare Hood 5. The name was taken by 19th-century Irish migrants to south-west Scotland and north-west England. English: variant of Maude
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022