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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MCQUEEN

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That is, McOwen, the son of Owen. Originally McSweene.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuibhne ‘son of Suibhne’ a byname meaning ‘pleasant’. Compare McSweeney. This name was also used as a Gaelic equivalent of the Old Norse byname Sveinn (see Swain).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)