McPhilemy
English
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh (“son of Feidhlimidh”), a personal name explained as meaning "the ever good".
Proper noun
editMcPhilemy (plural McPhilemys)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McPhilemy is the 4226th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 111 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McPhilemy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.