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Macleod

/məˈklaʊd/

Macleod proper noun: a surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree.

Proper noun (1)

Macleod (countable and uncountable, plural Macleods)

  1. (countable) A surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree
  2. A town in Alberta, Canada; modern Fort Macleod.
  3. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Banyule and the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MacLeod

MacLeod (plural MacLeods)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Macleod

pluralMacleods
alternative formMacLeod
alternative formMcLeod
alternative formMcleod
pluralMacLeods
alternative formMacleod
alternative formMcCloud

Origin of Macleod

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries. * (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

From Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid (“son of Leòd”), from Old Norse Liótr (“the Ugly (one)”), from Old Norse ljótr (“ugly, scary”).

Words formed from Macleod

Questions about Macleod

What does Macleod mean?
Macleod means a surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree.
What part of speech is Macleod?
Macleod is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Macleod?
Macleod is pronounced /məˈklaʊd/.

Words near Macleod in the dictionary

  1. Macleay's spectre
  2. Macleay's spectres
  3. macleaya
  4. macleayas
  5. macled
  6. Macleod
  7. MacLeods
  8. macles
  9. Maclise
  10. Macloskey
  11. Macloskeys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Macleod (page history and authors); MacLeod (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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