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mcauliffe

/məˈkɔː.lɪf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
mcauliffe
IPA
/məˈkɔː.lɪf/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Irish mac Proto-Germanic *anô Proto-Germanic *laibō Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ)der. Middle Irish Amlaíbder. Irish Amhlaoibh Irish Mac Amhlaoibhder. English McAuliffe Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McAuliffes (plural) MacAuliffe (alternative) McAuliff (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mcauliffe?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈkɔː.lɪf/.
What does mcauliffe mean?
A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].
Where does mcauliffe come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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