MacAdam

See also: macadam, Macadam, and MacAdams

English

Alternative forms

• Macadam, McAdam, McKeggie

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *makkʷos

Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi)

Old Irish macc

Middle Irish mac

Scottish Gaelic mac

Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-

Hebrew אָדָםbor.

Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.

Latin Ādāmder.

Old Irish Ádam

Scottish Gaelic Àdhamh

Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimhder.

English MacAdam

Derived from Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh (“Adam's son”).

Proper noun

MacAdam

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Derived terms

• macadamia
• macadam, macadamise, macadamize, macadamisation, macadamization
• McAdam, McAdamise, McAdamize, McAdamization

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, MacAdam is the 34,878^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 647 individuals. MacAdam is most common among White (92.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “MacAdam”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 482.