McAuliffe or MacAuliffe is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

of Norse Irish origin.McAuliffe Name Meaning and Origin
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Anglicisation Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

of the

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

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

'', meaning "son of '' Amhlaoibh''". The Gaelic name, ''Amhlaoibh'', was derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

personal name A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...

''Olaf''. The surname occurs frequently in

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

, especially northern

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

, western County Limerick, and eastern

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

. The McAuliffes were a sept, related to the McCarthys.Surname search
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People surnamed McAuliffe

* General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (1898–1975), US general in the

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* Callan McAuliffe, (born 1995), Australian actor *

Christa McAuliffe Sharon Christa McAuliffe ( Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who was killed on the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a ...

(1948–1986), American teacher and astronaut (

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; perished during the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster) *

Dick McAuliffe Richard John McAuliffe (November 29, 1939 – May 13, 2016) was an American professional baseball shortstop / second baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers (1960–73) and Boston Red Sox (1974–75). He was a ...

(1939–2016), professional baseball player *

Dorothy McAuliffe Dorothy Swann McAuliffe is an American attorney who is serving as the U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for Global Partnerships. She previously was the First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2014 to January 2018. E ...

, American, First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia *

Emmett McAuliffe R. Emmett McAuliffe, Jr. is an American intellectual property and entertainment lawyer from Saint Louis, Missouri. He hosted several radio shows across the midwest from 1976 to 2008. Legal career McAuliffe is an intellectual property attorney w ...

, American lawyer and radio talk-show host *

Gene McAuliffe Eugene Leo McAuliffe (February 28, 1872 – April 29, 1953) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1904. The 32-year-old rookie stood 6'1" and weighed 180 lb. On August 17, 1904, McAuliffe got into a hom ...

(1872–1953), American professional baseball player *

Jack McAuliffe (American football) John Theodore McAuliffe (May 21, 1901 – December 17, 1971) was an American football halfback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Montana and Beloit. Biography McAuliffe was born on ...

(1901–1971), American football player *

Jack McAuliffe (boxer) Jack McAuliffe (March 24, 1866 – November 5, 1937) was an Irish-American boxer who fought mostly out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Nicknamed "The Napoleon of the Ring," McAuliffe is one of only fifteen world boxing champions to retire withou ...

(1886–1937), Irish-born American boxer * Jack McAuliffe (brewer) (born 1945), American microbrewer * Jane Dammen McAuliffe, American, president of Bryn Mawr College * Leon McAuliffe (1917–1988), American guitarist and singer-songwriter *

Maurice F. McAuliffe Maurice Francis McAuliffe (June 17, 1875 – December 15, 1944) was an American clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1934 until his death in 1944. Biography Maurice McAuliffe was born in Hartford, Connecticut, ...

(1875–1944), American Roman Catholic bishop * Max Arthur Macauliffe, scholar of Sikh scripture *

Nichola McAuliffe Nichola McAuliffe (born 1955) is an English television and stage actress and writer, best known for her role as Sheila Sabatini in the ITV hospital sitcom '' Surgical Spirit'' (1989–1995). She has also starred in several stage musicals and won ...

(born 1955), British actress * Paul McAuliffe, 350th Lord Mayor of Dublin *

Roger McAuliffe Roger P. McAuliffe (July 6, 1938 – July 5, 1996), was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He served from 1973 until his death in 1996 - a total of 12 consecutive terms in the Illinois General Assembly, and was also elec ...

, American politician * Ron McAuliffe (1918–1988), Australian politician * Rosemary McAuliffe, American politician * Steven J. McAuliffe (born 1948), American judge * Terry McAuliffe (born 1957), American businessman, political operative, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia * Tim McAuliffe, Canadian television comedy writer * Timothy McAuliffe (1909-1985), Irish politician

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