Mcaleenan Family History
Mcaleenan Surname Meaning
Irish: from Mac Giolla Fhinnéin ‘son of Giolla Fhinnéin’ a personal name meaning ‘servant or devotee of Saint Finnian’. Compare Scottish McLennan.
The family were chieftains in Fermanagh.
The English surname Leonard was sometimes adopted as an Anglicization.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
