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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shiomóin ‘son of Simon’ (Gaelic Sh- is pronounced as H-). The K- in this name represents the Gaelic patronymic form Mac, while the final -s represents an English patronymic ending.

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