Mac Suibhne Mac Suibhne The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of "Suibhne" and means "son of "Suibhne"". The personal name "Suibhne" means "pleasant". Anglicised forms of "Mac Suibhne" include: "McSeveney", "McSeveny", "McSween", "McSweeney", "McSweeny", "McSwiney", "Sweaney", "Sween", "Sweeney", "Sweenie", "Sweeny", "Sweney", "Swiney", "Swinney", A lenited variant form of "Mac Suibhne" is "Mac Shuibhne". Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) "Mawhinney", "McQueen", "McQueeney", "McQueenie", (possibly) "McWhinney", "Queen", "Queeney", "Wheen". One particular family that has borne the surname "Mac Suibhne" is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.
Campbell (surname) Campbell (surname) Campbell is primarily a Scottish surname of Gaelic origins. In Scotland, the name itself derives from two Scottish Gaelic words. "Cam" (crooked) and "Beul" (mouth) meaning "Crooked mouth" or "wry-mouthed", originally a nickname which over time became used as a surname. Campbell is the third most common surname in Northern Ireland, fourth most common in Jamaica, seventh most common in Scotland, 12th most common in Canada, 18th most common in Australia, 41st most common in the United States and 65th most common in England. The Irish (outside of Northern Ireland) occurrence of the name usually has a different