McCabe (surname) most common surname, and "MacCabe" was ranked 43,031st. For the 2000 United States Census neither surname ranked among the top 1,000 most common surnames. 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
McLoughlin McLoughlin McLoughlin is one of nearly two dozen Anglicisms for three Gaelic-Irish surnames: Mac/Nic Lochlainn (most commonly Anglicised "McLaughlin"), Ó/Ni Máoilsheáchlainn (usually "McLoughlin" or "M'Loughlin"), and Mac/Nic Lochnaigh (usually rendered Loughney but occasionally "McLoughlin" or "MacLoughlin"). "Mac" and "Ó" are masculine prefixes; "Ni/Nic" is feminine. Mac is rendered into English as "Mac", "Mc" and "M"'. Ó is rendered "O' ". The feminine prefix is rendered into English according to its masculine counterpart (e.g. Nic na Mhara > McNamara, Ni hEaghra > O'Hara). They are used with names that originated as patronymics. Occasionally, the prefix "Mael/Maol" is Anglicised "Mac/Mc". The surname