McGinty

English

Alternative forms

• Ginty, McGinity, McGinnity

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnachtaigh (“son of Fionnachtach”), a variant of the personal name Fionnshneachtach, which is composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) and sneachtach (“snowy”).

Proper noun

McGinty (plural McGintys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGinty is the 5697^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6084 individuals. McGinty is most common among White (88.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGinty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.