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mccunniff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mc-cun-niff
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McAdoo and McNiff.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McCunniffs (plural) Cunniff (alternative)

Questions

What does mccunniff mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does mccunniff come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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