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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uilleim, a patronymic from a Gaelicized form of William, with the redundant addition of English patronymic -s. In many cases it represents a partial Gaelicization of Welsh Williams.

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