The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of "Suibhne" and means "son of "Suibhne"". The personal name "Suibhne" means "pleasant".
Anglicised forms of "Mac Suibhne" include: "McSeveney", "McSeveny", "McSween", "McSweeney", "McSweeny", "McSwiney", "Sweaney", "Sween", "Sweeney", "Sweenie", "Sweeny", "Sweney", "Swiney", "Swinney", A lenited variant form of "Mac Suibhne" is "Mac Shuibhne". Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) "Mawhinney", "McQueen", "McQueeney", "McQueenie", (possibly) "McWhinney", "Queen", "Queeney", "Wheen".
One particular family that has borne the surname "Mac Suibhne" is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.
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 Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Mac Suibhne. 