MacNicol

MacNicol is a surname. It is a patronymic form of the personal name Nicol, which is a form of Nicholas.^[1] It comes from both German and Celtic origins.^[2]

The surname may refer to:

People

Donald MacNicol (1735-1802), a Scottish clergyman.
John Ritchie MacNicol (1878-1950), a Canadian politician.
Peter MacNicol (born 1954), an American actor.

References

^ "McNicol Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/McNicol-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 23 July 2009. For the etymology of the surname McNicol this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
^ Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. 2. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 8.

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