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
Flanagan (surname) Flanagan (surname) Flanagan is a common surname with origins in either Ireland or Scotland. It is an Anglicized version of the name Ó Flannagáin.There were at least 3 separate clans in Ireland with no connection, but many others share the surname Flanagan in Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. In Irish the name is "Ó Flannagáin" and many variations exist today. Typically these variations include Flanagan, Flanagin Flanigan, Flannigan, Flannaghan, O'Flanagan, O'Flannagain, Flaniken, Flenigenand and more. In Scots-Gaelic they remain mainly the same. All variations, apart from some exceptions can have the prefix of "O" and the name may refer to: The