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McAfee

McAfee proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

McAfee (plural McAfees)

  1. A surname.

Forms of McAfee

pluralMcAfees
alternative formAfee
alternative formMcAffee
alternative formMcHaffey
alternative formMcHeffey

Origin of McAfee

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshít”), a personal name composed of dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”).

Questions about McAfee

What does McAfee mean?
McAfee means a surname.
What part of speech is McAfee?
McAfee is a proper noun.

Words near McAfee in the dictionary

  1. McAdie
  2. McAdoo
  3. McAdoos
  4. McAdory
  5. McAdorys
  6. McAfee
  7. McAfees
  8. McAffee
  9. McAffees
  10. McAffrey
  11. McAleenan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: McAfee (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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