as a Last Name
- 12,777
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Mccartney
Meaning & Origins
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artaine, ‘son of Artan’ a diminutive of the personal name Art ‘bear’ or ‘hero’. Compare Irish Mac Artáin (see McCartan), of which this is a variant.
| 2,443rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,777
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Mccartney per capita
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