McCabe (surname) McCabe (surname) The surnames McCabe and MacCabe are Scottish and Irish surnames. They are Anglicisations of the Gaelic Mac Cába, a patronymic name meaning "son of "Cába"". The nickname or personal name "Cába" is of uncertain origin. The surname can be written in modern Scottish Gaelic as MacCàba and MacCaibe. Patrick Woulfe considered that the surname was possibly derived from a nickname, meaning "a cap", or "hood". Henry Harrison suggested the name was from the Gaelic "Mac Aba", meaning "son of the Abbot". If Harrison is to be believed then the surname would have a similar etymology as the surnames
Mac Aodhagáin Flann Mac Aodhagáin up to the year 1643. The surname has been Anglicised in a variety of ways, including as Mac Egan, Egan, Eagan, Keegan, or Keigan, McKiegan, and McKagan. Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Muirchertach Mac Aodhagáin Mac Aodhagáin Mac Aodhagáin (English: Egan or Keegan), is an Irish Gaelic clan of Brehons who were hereditary lawyers - firstly to the Ó Conchobhair Kings of Connacht, and later to the Burkes of Clanricarde. The earliest surviving Irish law manuscript, "In Senchas Már", was written prior to 1350