Mackall

Mackall is a surname. It is derived from the Gaelic MacCathail, meaning "son of Cathal". Early records of the name include M'Kawele in the late fourteenth-century, Makcaill in the early sixteenth century, and M'Call in the late sixteenth century.[1][2]

People with the surname

See also

  • Camp Mackall, active U.S. Army training facility in eastern Richmond County and northern Scotland County, North Carolina
  • Richards v. Mackall, 113 U.S. 539 (1885), appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the High Court

References

  1. ^ Reaney, PH (2006). Wilson, RM (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 2036. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
  2. ^ Reaney, PH (1995). Wilson, RM (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 290. ISBN 0-19-8631464.