McCrimmon

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ruimein (“son of Ruimen”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Hróðmundr, which is composed of the elements hróð (“fame”) and mundr (“protection”).

Proper noun

McCrimmon (plural McCrimmons)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCrimmon is the 15931^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1824 individuals. McCrimmon is most common among Black/African American (55.98%) and White (38.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCrimmon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 549.