McColl (surname)
McColl is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It is shared by several notable people and fictional characters:
- Bill McColl (born 1930), former American football (NFL) player
- Billy McColl, Scottish footballer
- Colin McColl (born 1932), KCMG, former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service
- Hugh McColl (born 1935), Fourth generation American banker, influential in evolution of the banking industry
- Ian McColl (1927–2008), Scottish international footballer and manager
- James McColl (disambiguation)
- James McColl (musician) (fl. 1990), Scottish frontman for the British band The Supernaturals
- James McColl (politician) (1844–1929)
- Jim McColl (born 1951), Scottish businessman
- Jimmy McColl (footballer born 1892), Scottish footballer (Celtic FC, Stoke City FC, Hibernian FC)
- Jimmy McColl (Olympic footballer), Scottish footballer
- John B. McColl (Canadian politician) (1861–1940), Canadian national political figure
- John McColl (British Army officer) (born 1952), KCB, CBE, DSO, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- John McColl (politician) (fl. 1915), Canadian (Alberta) political figure
- Milt McColl (born 1959), former American football (NFL) player
- Pamela McColl, Canadian publisher and campaigner
- Peter McColl (born 1980), Former Rector of the University of Edinburgh
- Robert Smyth McColl (1876–1959), Scottish footballer and founder of the RS McColl newsagent chain
- William McColl (disambiguation)
- William McColl (clarinetist)
- William McColl (footballer) (1865 – after 1895), Scottish international footballer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Mitch McColl, character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.
History and Origin
[edit]Anglicized version of the Gaelic patronym Mac Colla (formerly Conla(e)) which was used by three brothers who were said to be the fabled forefathers of the monarchs of mid-Ulster. 'Great chief' or 'son of the battle chief' has been suggested as a possible meaning for the name. Because the surname was occasionally pronounced with a terminal fricative sound like Mac Collach, there seems to have been some confusion with McCullough historically.[1][2]
The surname was first discovered in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, which is now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, in Argyllshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mccoll Name Meaning & Mccoll Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ a b "McColl Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
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