Mc and Mac
Nov. 4th, 2011 08:54 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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babynamesI have noticed that for American girl baby names, many people are naming their girls names that begin with "Mc" or "Mac". McKenna, McKayla, McKaelyn, Maclayne, etc.
I do wish those parents realized that "Mc" and "Mac" started out with Gaelic (Scottish) names meant "son of". That's why there are people with last names like "McDonald", "MacArthur", etc.
I do think the trend started with names like Michaela to find new spellings. If people do like those names, they should just spell them without the Mc or Mac.
Mikayla, Michaela, Mikenna, and so forth.
I do wish those parents realized that "Mc" and "Mac" started out with Gaelic (Scottish) names meant "son of". That's why there are people with last names like "McDonald", "MacArthur", etc.
I do think the trend started with names like Michaela to find new spellings. If people do like those names, they should just spell them without the Mc or Mac.
Mikayla, Michaela, Mikenna, and so forth.
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