MacTaggart

MacTaggart
Family name
Meaning "son of the priest"
Region of origin Scotland, Ulster
Language(s) of origin Gaelic
Related names Taggart, McTaggart
Clan affiliations Ross
Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons (McTaggart)[1]

MacTaggart is a surname of Scottish or Ultonian origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt, meaning "son of the priest"[2] Also having the forms McTaggart and Taggart.

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References

  1. "MaTaggart Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  2. "Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practised nevertheless" (Taggart family history).