MacLean

[jordiss.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce this name? It's my neighbor's 4-year-old son's name. He goes by Mac. I babysit for him and his older brother Will sometimes - they're adorable.

I'm not sure if it's MACK-lee-en (which is my fave) or MICK-lane or MICK-leen. What do you think it is?

Comments

[littlehounddog.livejournal.com]

I would say Muh-KLEEN. I've only seen it as a last name tho.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I've known a couple of people with the last name and it was pn basically Mac-CLean or Mc-Clean

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I would assume it was Muh-CLANE. That's the only way I've seen it pronounced as a last name.

[tammihayne.livejournal.com]

Yes, this.
Common last name where I'm from (Nova Scotia)...lots of Scots here :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

mahc-LAYN

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I'd say it Mack-leen. There's a dorm at my college called McLean and it's said Mick-lean, so I think it's probably the same, but with Mack instead.

I don't like it at all. It's way too much of a last name. Mac is okay, but MacLean? Ugh.

[celebrate.livejournal.com]

Mac-lane

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I say Muh-clean.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

muh-CLANE

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Id Say Muh-clane

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I think I would say Muh-CLEAN.

Short Mac sound, like in the name McDonald.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

As a last name, I've heard it pronounced muh-KLEEN and muh-KLANE

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

If he goes by Mac, it's probably Mac-Leen. It also depends on where you live. In the south, most people would probably say "Mick-Lane" whether it's spelled McLane, McLean, or MacLean.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Toothpaste!

muh-KLEEN