MacAskill

MacAskill / Macaskill is a surname. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Asgaill, meaning "son of Asgall". The Gaelic name Asgall is a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill.[1] The surname may refer to:

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  1. ^ "McCaskill Name Meaning and Origin". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/McCaskill-name-meaning.ashx. Retrieved 23 July 2009.  For the etymology of the surname McCaskill this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names.