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MCNAUGHTON Family History

Recorded as MacNaughton, McNaughton, McCracken, McCraken, MacNeachtain, and others, this is a famous Gaelic surname. It is generally considered to be of Scottish origins, it may equally be Irish, as it is also prominent in Northern Ireland. There it is recorded in another group of spellings of which the most popular is MacReachtain or McReachtain, the interchange of the initial 'n' and 'r' being a characteristic of Ulster. The derivation of the surname is ultimately from the pre 10th century Gaelic 'Mac' meaning son of, and the personal name Naughton or Naughten. Naughten it is claimed, was in Ancient Gaelic mythology, the god of water and the sea...