Mcqueen Family History
Mcqueen Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuibhne ‘son of Suibhne’ a byname meaning ‘pleasant’. Compare McSweeney . Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuain a Gaelic patronymic based on Old Norse sveinn ‘boy servant’ which was also used as a personal name (see Swain ). This is given as the origin of the McQueen or McSwan family of Skye although the spellings are hard to distinguish. Compare Whan . Americanized form of French Moquin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022