McNamee

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conmidhe, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Mhidhe (“hound of Meath”). See Irish cú (“hound”) and Middle Irish Mide (“Meath”).

Proper noun

McNamee (plural McNamees)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McNamee is the 5917^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5825 individuals. McNamee is most common among White (91.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McNamee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 560.

Anagrams

• menacme