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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (especially Ulster) : Anglicized form of a rare Gaelic name, Mac Nuadhat, a patronymic from the personal name Nuadha, the name of an ancient Celtic god.
  • Irish (especially Ulster) : (originally Scottish) reduced form of McNaughton.

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