Mac Raghnaill

Mac Raghnaill
Mac Raghnaill in a Gaelic type, note the lenited g in the name (gh) once appeared in Irish orthography with a dot above it, as pictured.
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Irish
Origin
Language(s)	Irish
Meaning	"son of Raghnall"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Mac Rághnaill, Mac Raonaill

Mac Raghnaill is masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of Raghnall". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father.

The name Raghnall is a Gaelic derivative of the Old Norse personal name Røgnvaldr / Rǫgnvaldr / Rögnvaldr. Variant forms of the surname include Mac Rághnaill and Mac Raonaill.^[1] These three surnames can be Anglicised variously as: MacRannall, MacRanald, MacRandell, MacCrindle, MacReynold, MacReynolds, Randalson, Rondalson, Reynoldson, Rannals, Randals, Randles, Ranolds, and Reynolds.^[1] The Irish surnames are borne by numerous unrelated families; some are of Irish origin, others of Scottish origin,^[1] some are of English origin, and some may be of Norwegian and or Danish origin.

The form of these Irish surnames for unmarried females is Nic Raghnaill, Nic Rághnaill, and Nic Raonaill; these names mean "daughter of the son of Raghnall / Rághnall / Raonall". The form of these Irish surnames for married females is Bean Mhic Raghnaill, Bean Mhic Rághnaill, and Bean Mhic Raonaill, or simply Mhic Raghnaill, Mhic Rághnaill, and Mhic Raonaill; these names mean "wife of the son of Raghnall / Rághnall / Raonall".

People with the name

Patronym

• Domhnall mac Raghnaill, a Hebridean chief who flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries
• Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill, a 13th-century Scottish magnate.

Surname

• Ailbhe Mac Raghnaill, better known in English as Albert Reynolds, (born 1932), Irish, Taoiseach of Ireland

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