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Surname Etymology and Meaning of MCCAIG

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Irish (Galway) and Scottish (Ayr, Galloway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thaidhg (Scottish Gaelic Mac Thaoig) ‘son of Tadhg’, a name meaning ‘poet’, ‘philosopher’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)