Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish (County Down) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ámoinn ‘son of Ámoinn’, a Gaelic form of the Norse personal name Amundr, which is composed of the elements ag ‘awe’, ‘fear’, or ‘edge’, ‘point’ + mundr ‘protection’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe