Mac Raghnaill Mac Raghnaill Mac Raghnaill is masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of "Raghnall"". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name "Raghnall" is a Gaelic derivative of the Old Norse personal name "Røgnvaldr" / "Rǫgnvaldr" / "Rögnvaldr". Variant forms of the surname include Mac Rághnaill and Mac Raonaill. These three surnames can be Anglicised variously as: "MacRannall", "MacRanald", "MacRandell", "MacCrindle", "MacReynold", "MacReynolds", "Randalson", "Rondalson", "Reynoldson", "Rannals", "Randals", "Randles", "Ranolds", and "Reynolds". The Irish surnames are borne by numerous unrelated families;
Kavanagh (surname) common being: "Kavanagh", "Cavanagh", "Kavanaugh" and "Cavanaugh". The surname was possibly adopted by Síl Fáelchán clansmen in preference to the earlier name "MacMurrough", given the prestige associated with the dynamic junior line that seized the chiefship of the Uí Cheinnselaig tribal group in the High Middle Ages. Kavanagh (surname) Kavanagh or Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin, Caomhánach in Irish Gaelic. It is properly "Mac Murchadha Caomhánach" (an example of an Irish agnomen; see "Ó Catharnaigh Sionnach" or Fox of Fir Teathbha), but is often now rendered 'Caomhánach' or rarely 'Ó Caomhánaigh'. "Kavanagh" and "Kavanaugh" are anglicised variations of