Mac

Scottish or Irish
"son of"

Mac Origin and Meaning

The name Mac is a boy's name of Scottish, Irish origin meaning "son of".

In Ireland and Scotland, Mac and Mc mean "son of"; here, Mac is a generic fella, or a short form cooler than either Matt or Max. Mac can be a nickname of any longer Mac or Mc starting name such as McCoy or Macalister. If you want to make it feel more complete, you can always spell it Mack.

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Famous People Named Mac

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  • Mac King
    American comedy magician
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    stage name of Malcolm James McCormick, American rapper
  • Makoto "Mac" Suzuki
    Japanese baseball pitcher
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    American actor
  • Derek "Uncle Mac" McCulloch
    British radio broadcaster
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  • Bernie Mac
    stage name of Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, American actor/comedian
  • Mason Mac Taylor Dawson (b. 2013)
    son of actor Ashley Taylor Dawson
  • Johnathan Mackensey "Mac" Williamson
    San Francisco Giants outfielder

The name Mac in Pop Culture

  • Ronald "Mac" McDonald
    character in TV's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
  • Macintosh "Mac
    " computer brand from Apple, Inc.
  • Mac Bradford
    character from the movie "Point Blank"
  • Captain Mac
    a character in video game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
  • Mac
    a character in animated TV show "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
  • Mac
    a character from Apple's "Get A Mac" ad campaign, representing a Macintosh computer
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    Goofy Gopher in Looney Tunes cartoons
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    a character from British sitcom "Green Wing"
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    the alien in movie "Mac and Me"
  • Little Mac
    a character in the "Punch,Out!!" video game series
  • Mac Gargan
    villain in Spider,Man comics
  • Mac Taylor
    character from TV's "CSI: NY"
  • Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
    a character from TV's "Veronica Mars"
  • Randle "Mac" McMurphy
    character in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
  • Angus "Mac" MacGyver
    main character on TV's "MacGyver"
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    a character from the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" series
  • Mac
    short for macaroni, as in "mac 'n' cheese"
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  • Fleetwood Mac
    British,American rock band
  • McClane "Mac" Peralta
    son of Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago from TV's Brooklyn Nine,Nine (Named after John McClane in Die Hard)

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