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mcniven

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
mc-niv-en
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Naoimhín (“son of Naoimhín”), a diminutive of naomh (“saint”); compare McNevin, which derives from the Irish variant of this surname.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McNivens (plural)

Questions

What does mcniven mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does mcniven come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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