''Mac Raghnaill'' is a masculine
surname
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in the
Irish language
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. The name translates into
English as "son of ''Raghnall''". The surname originated as a
patronym
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, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father.
The name ''
Raghnall'' is a
Gaelic
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derivative of the
Old Norse personal name
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''Røgnvaldr'' / ''Rǫgnvaldr'' / ''Rögnvaldr''. Variant forms of the surname include ''Mac Rághnaill'' and ''Mac Raonaill''.
These three surnames can be
Anglicised
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variously as: ''
Grannell'', ''
MacRanald'', ''
MacRandell'', ''
MacCrindle'', ''
MacReynold'', ''
MacReynolds'', ''
Randalson'', ''
Rondalson'', ''
Reynoldson Reynoldson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* George Reynoldson (1856–1947), Australian politician
* Kirk Reynoldson (born 1979), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Nick Reynoldson, Canadian stand-up comedian
...
'', ''
Rannals'', ''
Randals'', ''
Randles
Randles is a surname which may refer to:
* Elizabeth Randles (1800–1829), Welsh child prodigy harpist and pianist
* Jan Randles, Australian Paralympic runner who competed in the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics
* Jenny Randles, British ...
'', ''
Ranolds'', and ''
Reynolds Reynolds may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hundred of Reynolds, a cadastral unit in South Australia
*Hundred of Reynolds (Northern Territory), a cadastral unit in the Northern Territory of Australia
United States
* Reynolds, Mendocino County, Calif ...
''.
The Irish surnames are borne by numerous unrelated families; some are of
Irish origin, others of
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
origin,
[ which is a transcription of: ] some are of
English origin, and some may be of
Norwegian and or
Danish
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People
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* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
origin.
People with the name
mac Raghnaill
*
Domhnall mac Raghnaill
Domhnall mac Raghnaill was a Hebridean noble in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. He is the eponymous progenitor of Clan Donald (''Clann Dhòmhnaill'', "Children of Donald"). For this reason some traditions accumulated around him in the la ...
(fl. 13th century), Hebridean magnate
*
Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill (died 1247?), Hebridean magnate
Mac Raghnaill
*
Ailbhe Mac Raghnaill, better known in English as ''
Albert Reynolds'', (born 1932), Irish, Taoiseach of Ireland.
*
Cathal Mhég Raghnaill., in English ''Charles Reynolds'' (born 1496-7), Irish, Archdeacon of Kells.
References
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Irish-language masculine surnames
Patronymic surnames
Surnames
Irish families
Surnames of Irish origin