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McNaughton

McNaughton proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

McNaughton (countable and uncountable, plural McNaughtons)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA.

Forms of McNaughton

pluralMcNaughtons
alternative formMacNaughton
alternative formMcCreight
alternative formMcCright

Origin of McNaughton

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Mac Neachtain, a patronymic surname from the personal name Neachtan, a name of the god of water in Irish mythology, of uncertain ultimate origin; see Nechtan. Compare McCracken.

Words formed from McNaughton

Questions about McNaughton

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

Words near McNaughton in the dictionary

  1. McNary
  2. McNarys
  3. McNatt
  4. McNatts
  5. McNaught
  6. McNaughton
  7. McNaughton rules
  8. McNaughtons
  9. McNeal
  10. McNeally
  11. McNeals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: McNaughton (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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