Macaulay Family History
Macaulay Name Meaning
Scottish (mainly Ross and Cromarty and Inverness):: from Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh ‘son of Amhalghadh’ an Old Gaelic personal name of unexplained etymology. Compare the Irish form McAuley also Manx Kewley Cowley and Callow . from Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ‘son of Amhlao(i)bh’ Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr (see Olafsen ). Compare McAuliffe .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022