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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish (of Scottish origin) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uisdein, a patronymic from the personal name Uisdean, a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a pet form of Hu(gh)e (see Hugh).

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