First name origin: Latin

First name meaning: Little one

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Last name origin: Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish

Last name meaning: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artaine, ‘son of Artan’ a diminutive of the personal name Art ‘bear’ or ‘hero’. Compare Irish Mac Artáin (see McCartan), of which this is a variant.

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