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MacTavish

MacTavish proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].

Proper noun

MacTavish

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].

Forms of MacTavish

alternative formMacAvish
alternative formMacCause
alternative formMcCavish
alternative formMacCaw
alternative formMacCawis
alternative formMacCaws
alternative formMac Tavish
alternative formMactavish
alternative formMc Tavish
alternative formMctavish
alternative formMcTavish
alternative formM'Tavish
alternative formM'tavish
alternative formMtavish
alternative formMTavish
alternative formMaTavish
alternative formMatavish
alternative formTavish

Origin of MacTavish

Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic MacTàmhais, a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thomas".

Questions about MacTavish

What does MacTavish mean?
MacTavish means a surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
What part of speech is MacTavish?
MacTavish is a proper noun.

Words near MacTavish in the dictionary

  1. mactates
  2. mactating
  3. mactation
  4. mactations
  5. mactators
  6. MacTavish
  7. MACTE
  8. Mactel
  9. MacTown
  10. mactra
  11. mactras

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