# MacColl

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**MacColl** is a [surname](/source/Surname) from the [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) **”*MacColla*”**, meaning "Son of [Coll](/source/Coll)" shared by several notable people:

**Born after 1800**

- [Evan MacColl (Gaelic poet)](/source/Evan_MacColl_(Gaelic_poet)) (1808–1898), Scots-Canadian Gaelic poet
- [Hugh MacColl](/source/Hugh_MacColl) (1837–1909), Scottish logician and author
- [Malcolm MacColl](/source/Malcolm_MacColl) (1838–1907), British clergyman and publicist
- [Dugald Sutherland MacColl](/source/Dugald_Sutherland_MacColl) (1859–1948), Scottish painter and writer

**Born after 1900**

- [James MacColl](/source/James_MacColl) (1908–1971), British Member of Parliament
- [Ewan MacColl](/source/Ewan_MacColl) (born 'Miller', 1915–1989), British singer-songwriter, actor and playwright

**Born after 1950**

- [Catriona MacColl](/source/Catriona_MacColl) (born 1954), English film and television actress
- [Kirsty MacColl](/source/Kirsty_MacColl) (1959–2000), British singer-songwriter with several top-10 singles on the UK and Irish music charts
- [Mary-Rose MacColl](/source/Mary-Rose_MacColl) (born 1961), Australian novelist
- [Angus MacColl](/source/Angus_MacColl), Scottish bagpipe player

**MacColl** is also apparently an uncommon male Scottish [given name](/source/Given_name), perhaps and spelled without [CamelCase](/source/CamelCase), i.e. as "Maccoll".[1]

## Origin and Clan MacColl

The surname 'MacColl' has its origin in a [Scottish clan](/source/Scottish_clan) by the name of **Clan MacColl**, which had a historical association with the [sea loch](/source/Sea_loch) [Loch Fyne](/source/Loch_Fyne), located in the modern day unitary council area of [Argyll and Bute](/source/Argyll_and_Bute).[2] Clan MacColl is considered by some to be a branch of [Clan Donald](/source/Clan_Donald) (MacDonald) based on several lines of evidence including a shared [badge](/source/Badge) ([sprig](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprig) of [heather](/source/Calluna)). In the year 1602, Clan MacColl lost most of their military force in a battle with [Clan MacPherson](/source/Clan_MacPherson).

Additional lines of MacColls exist, though not all are of Scottish Highland clan origin. For instance, folk singer and political activist James Henry Miller changed his name to [Ewan MacColl](/source/Ewan_MacColl) for stage purposes. His children assumed the stage name, and there is a third generation of these MacColls through the children of his daughter, [Kirsty MacColl](/source/Kirsty_MacColl).[3]

## Distribution

According to United States Census data from [1840](/source/United_States_Census,_1840), [1880](/source/United_States_Census,_1880) and [1920](/source/United_States_Census,_1920), the MacColl surname was not recorded as present in the United States in 1840, was found only in [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) by 1880, and had spread, albeit thinly, to the [West Coast](/source/West_Coast_of_the_United_States) by 1920.[4] Meanwhile, according to [1891](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_1891) census date from England and Wales, MacColls were found in five counties in the north and east of England, with the greatest number identified in [Lancashire](/source/History_of_Lancashire) and [London](/source/19th_century_London).[5]

## References

1. ["Maccoll baby name meanings"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071213071143/http://www.my-baby-names.com/baby_names/maccoll_origin_and_meaning.html). *My-baby-names.com*. Archived from [the original](http://my-baby-names.com/baby_names/maccoll_origin_and_meaning.html) on December 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-23. ["World names popularity for Maccoll"](http://www.yeahbaby.com/world-name-popularity.php?name=Maccoll). *YeahBaby.com*. Retrieved 2008-01-23. ["Scottish Boy Name - MacColl"](http://www.babynamesfamily.com/meaning_of_names/scottish_name_MacColl.html). *BabyNamesFamily.com*. Retrieved 2008-01-23.

1. ["Clan MacColl"](http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/maccoll2.html). *Electric Scotland*. Retrieved 2008-01-23.

1. This passage is a synthesis from information available in the linked biographical articles.

1. ["MacColl Family History Facts 1920"](http://www.ancestry.com/facts/MacColl-family-history.ashx?fn=&yr=1920). *Ancestry.com Family Facts*. Retrieved 2008-01-23. ["MacColl Family History Facts 1880"](http://www.ancestry.com/facts/MacColl-family-history.ashx?fn=&yr=1880). *Ancestry.com Family Facts*. Retrieved 2008-01-23. ["MacColl Family History Facts 1840"](http://www.ancestry.com/facts/MacColl-family-history.ashx?fn=&yr=1840). *Ancestry.com Family Facts*. Retrieved 2008-01-23.

1. ["MacColl Families Living in England and Wales in 1891"](http://www.ancestry.com/facts/MacColl-family-history-uk.ashx). *Ancestry.com Family Facts*. Retrieved 2008-01-23.

## See also

- [McColl](/source/McColl_(surname))

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