McCown McCown McCown is a Gaelic-language surname with several possible etymological origins. There are several possible etymologies for the McCown surname. McCown and its multitude of spelling variants could originate from anglicised versions of the Gaelic names "Mac Eòghain", "Mac Eòin" or "Mac Còmhghan". McCown is a patronymic surname, the Gaelic "Mac" (or "Mc") meaning ""son of"" in English. Mac Eoghain is the most likely etymological origin for the surname McCown. The Gaelic name "Eòghan" translates into modern day English as Ewen or "Owen". The prefix of "Eo" in "Eoghan", is often pronounced "yew". This has caused many to translate Eoghan
Orr (surname) name is from a topographical name for a person who lived on a shore, or ridge. This name is derived from the Old English "ora", meaning "shore", "hill-slope", "flat-topped ridge". The name could also be derived from a place-name, derived from this Old English word; for example, the surname "Ore" is derived from Oare, in Berkshire, Kent; and Wiltshire; or Ore, in East Sussex. Padraig Mac Giolla Domhnaigh, suggested that the Irish surname originates from an Anglicisation of Gaelic "Mac Iomhaire". Mac Giolla Domhnaigh stated that this was an old name from Renfrewshire, and a sept of the Campbells; he