McPhilemy

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Feidhlimidh (“son of Feidhlimidh”), a personal name explained as meaning "the ever good".

Proper noun

McPhilemy (plural McPhilemys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McPhilemy is the 4226^th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 111 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McPhilemy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.