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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish : Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Chatain (Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Chatáin), a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of (Saint) Catan’, a little-known saint who was revered on the Scottish west coast and islands.

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