McEachern and MacEachern are Irish and Scottish surnames. The names are Anglicised forms of the Gaelic Mac Eichthigheirn, meaning "son of Eichthighearn". The personal name Eichthighearn is composed of two elements. The first is each, meaning "horse"; the second is tighearna, meaning "lord".[1] The surnames MacEachern and McEachern can be represented in Scottish Gaelic by MacEachairn,[2] and MacEacharna.[3]

MacEachern, McEachern
Language(s)Gaelic
Origin
Meaningson of Eichthighearn
Region of originIreland, Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)Eichthighearn; MacEacharn; McEacharn

People with the surnames

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McEachern
MacEachern

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
  2. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Archived from the original (docx) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  3. ^ Mark, Colin (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. Routledge. pp. 718–722. ISBN 978-0-415-29760-8.