Mac Amhalghaidh Mac Amhalghaidh Mac Amhalghaidh is an Irish masculine surname. The name translates into English as "son of "Amhalghadh"". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The form of the surname for unmarried females is Nic Amhalghaidh. The forms for married females are Bean Mhic Amhalghaidh and Mhic Amhalghaidh. The Irish "Mac Amhalghaidh" has numerous Anglicised forms. The surname has been borne by at least one notable Irish family. A cognate of "Mac Amhalghaidh" is the Scottish Gaelic MacAmhalghaidh; the feminine form of which is NicAmhalghaidh. There are several
Irish people used. While both "Mac" and "Ó'" prefixes are Gaelic in origin, "Mac" is more common in Scotland and in Ulster than in the rest of Ireland; furthermore, "Ó" is far less common in Scotland than it is in Ireland. The proper surname for a woman in Irish uses the feminine prefix nic (meaning daughter) in place of mac. Thus a boy may be called Mac Domhnaill whereas his sister would be called Nic Dhomhnaill or Ní Dhomhnaill – the insertion of 'h' follows the female prefix in the case of most consonants (bar H, L, N, R, & T). A