Irish (Connacht) : reduced form of McCunniff, an Anglicized
form of Gaelic Mac Conduibh ‘son of Condubh’ (earlier
Cú Dhubh), a personal name meaning ‘black hound’. This is
just one of several Anglicized forms that also include McAdoo
and McNiff.
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