# MacNicol

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**MacNicol** is a [surname](/source/Surname). It is a [patronymic](/source/Patronym) form of the [personal name](/source/Personal_name) *[Nicol](/source/Nicol)*, which is a form of *[Nicholas](/source/Nicholas)*.[1] It comes from both German and Celtic origins.[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Bessie MacNicol](/source/Bessie_MacNicol) (1869–1904), Scottish painter
- [Donald MacNicol](/source/Donald_MacNicol) (1735–1802), Scottish clergyman
- [John Ritchie MacNicol](/source/John_Ritchie_MacNicol) (1878–1950), Canadian politician
- [Quinn MacNicol](/source/Quinn_MacNicol) (born 2008), Australian soccer player
- [Peter MacNicol](/source/Peter_MacNicol) (born 1954), American actor

## See also

- [MacNicol (crater)](/source/MacNicol_(crater)), crater on Mercury
- [Clan MacNeacail](/source/Clan_MacNeacail), sometimes known as Clan MacNicol, Scottish clan long associated with the Isle of Skye
- [McNicol](/source/McNicol)
- [McNichol](/source/McNichol)
- [Nicol (surname)](/source/Nicol_(surname))

## References

1. ["McNicol Name Meaning and History"](http://www.ancestry.com/facts/McNicol-family-history.ashx). *[Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com)*. Retrieved 23 July 2009. For the etymology of the surname *McNicol* this web page cites: *Dictionary of American Family Names*, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.

1. Harrison, Henry (1969). *Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary*. Vol. 2. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 8.

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