Re^2: Do you have a middle name?

Mc-
Mac-
-son
-sen
-ić: all these pre/suf-ixes common for surnames literally mean "son of" (Boutros ibin Boutros, Boutros son of Boutros)

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Re^3: Do you have a middle name? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2009 at 14:56 UTC
this is an 'AHA' moment, I wondered why McDonald's was named McDonald's so it is Son of Donald's :P.. Macintosh is son of 'Intosh'.. My imagination is taking me somewhere with McB**ch...	[reply]
Re^4: Do you have a middle name? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2009 at 20:29 UTC
Ó - Gaelic for "male descendant of" Ní - Gaelic for "female descendant of" Mac - Gaelic for "son of" Nic - Gaelic for "daughter of" These were anglicized to Mac/Mc- and Ó- for both sexes...	[reply]