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McMahon or MacMahon (/ məkˈmæn / mək-MAN or / məkˈmɑːn / mək-MAHN; older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna; meaning "son of the bear ") [1] is an Irish surname.
Learn about the McMahon Family Crest, its Origin and History. Where did the McMahon surname come from? Where did the family branches go?
In northern Ireland it is sometimes Anglicized as Matthews , since Matha was the Irish form of the Biblical name (see McMath ). In Scotland Matheson was used to translate both of these surnames. Similar surnames: Mcmahon. Mahon.
Last name: McMahon. SDB Popularity ranking: 452. This noble and distinguished Irish surname is an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "Mac Mathghamha", meaning "son of the Bear".
McMahon is an anglicized form of the Old Gaelic MacMathghamhna, a patronymic from the byname Mathghamhain, meaning “bear.” Two distinct septs of this name existed in Ireland, one in county Clare and the other in and around present-day Monaghan.
This was the name of two (unrelated) chieftain families in counties Clare (Thomond) and Monaghan (the kingdom of Oriel). See also Mahon 1, and Mahoney. In northern Ireland it is sometimes Anglicized as Matthews, since Matha was the Irish form of the Biblical name (see McMath). In Scotland Matheson was used to translate both of these surnames.
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The Mcmahon family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Mcmahon families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 537 Mcmahon families living in Lancashire.
