Scottish (Berwickshire) and Irish: from the Old Norse personal
name Makkr, a form of Magnus (Old Irish Maccus).North German, Dutch, and French (Alsace): from the
Germanic personal name Macco, Makko, a pet form of a
compound name with the initial element mag- ‘kinsman’.Shortened form of
any of the many Scottish and Irish names beginning M(a)c-.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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