Mcclinton Family History
Mcclinton Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhionntain (Scottish) Mac Giolla Fhionntáin (Irish) ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Fionntan’ whose name has been explained as ‘the white ancient’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022