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mcclellan

/məˈklɛlən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
mc-clel-lan
IPA
/məˈklɛlən/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname Gilliland.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McClellans (plural) McClelland (alternative) McClellen (alternative) McLellan (alternative) McLelland (alternative)

Phrases

McClellan saddle

Homonyms

mclellan

Rhymes With

helen ellen melon mellon felon whelan magellan phelan yellen mclellan kellen belen

Questions

How do you pronounce mcclellan?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈklɛlən/.
What does mcclellan mean?
A surname.
Where does mcclellan come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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