McKillop (surname)

MacKillop, McKillop
Family name
Meaning son of Filib
Region of origin Scotland
Language(s) of origin Gaelic
Related names Filib; Philip; MacFhilib; MacPhilip
Clan affiliations Campbell; MacDonald of Glencoe; MacDonald of Keppoch; MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan

McKillop and MacKillop, Mackillop are English-language surnames derived from the Gaelic-language. The names are derived from the Gaelic Mac Fhilib, meaning "son of Filib". Filib is a Gaelic form of Philip. The surnames can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacFhilib and MacPhilip.

There were families of MacKillops in Isle of Arran; there were also families in Argyll who were a sept of the MacDonalds of Glencoe; others in Inverness-shire were a sept of the McDonnells of Keppoch. MacKillops were also standard-bearers to the Campbells of Dunstaffnage, in Argyll.[1] The MacKillops of Berneray, North Uist are known in Scottish Gaelic as MacPhàic; they were associated with the MacLeods.

The McKillops migrated to north Glens of Antrim during the Ulster Plantation in the early 17th century. The surname is numerous around Loughguile, Cushendall and Ballycastle, County Antrim.[2][3] [4]

List of persons with the surname McKillop

List of persons with the surname MacKillop or Mackillop

References

  1. ^ Bell, Robert A. Book of Ulster Surnames, Page 214, published by The Blackstaff Press in 1988.
  2. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ Irish Times
  3. ^ DeBhudbh, Sean Slionnte Uile Éireann:All Ireland Surnames, page 284, published by Comhar-Chumann Ide Naofa in 2002
  4. ^ Surname Database