'''Mackey''' is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Aoidh'' meaning 'son of Aodh', a variant of the Scottish and Irish ''McKay''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woulfe |first=Patrick |date=1923 |title=Mac Aoidh - Irish Names and Surnames |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/maca/mac-aoidh.php |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Woulfe |first=Patrick |date=1923 |title=Mac Aodha - Irish Names and Surnames |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/maca/mac-aodha.php |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref> In Ireland the name is also derived from to ''Ó Macdha'' 'descendant of Macdha', a given name meaning 'virile, manly', and may be anglicised as such.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woulfe |first=Patrick |date=1923 |title=Ó Macdha - Irish Names and Surnames |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/om/o-macdha.php |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref>
==People with the surname Mackey == * Albert Mackey (1807–1881), writer on freemasonry * Albert D. Mackey (died 1935), American politician and lawyer from Maryland * Amanda Mackey (1951–2022), American casting director * Bill Mackey (1927–1951), race car driver * Biz Mackey (1897–1965), American Negro league baseball player and manager * Bobby Mackey, country music singer * Clay Mackey, Washington viticulturist * Connor Mackey (born 1996), American ice hockey player * Crandal Mackey (1865–1957), American lawyer and newspaper publisher * Dick Mackey, dogsled racer * Edmund William McGregor Mackey (1846–1884), U.S. Representative from South Carolina * Emma Mackey (born 1996), French-British actress * Gerry Mackey Irish football player (1933–2021) * George Mackey (1916–2006), mathematician * Greg Mackey (1961–2014), Australian rugby league footballer * Harriet Wright O'Leary Mackey (1916-1999), American teacher and politician and first woman to serve on the tribal council of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma * Hayley Mackey (born 2001), is a New Zealand judoka * Howard Hamilton Mackey (1901–1987), American architect, educator * Jack Mackey (1922–1945), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross * James Mackey (disambiguation), multiple people * Janet Mackey (1953–2024), politician * Jermain Mackey (born 1979), Bahamian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s * John Mackey (disambiguation), multiple people * Kevin Mackey (born 1946), basketball coach * Kyle Mackey (born 1962), American football player * Lance Mackey (1970–2022), dogsled racer * Levi A. Mackey (1819–1889), 19th century politician * Malcolm Mackey (born 1970), basketball player * Mick Mackey (1912–1982), hurler * Moana Mackey (born 1974), politician * Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947), American writer * Nick Mackey, politician * Sandra Mackey (c. 1930–2015), expert on Middle East * Steve Mackey (born 1966), musician * Steven Mackey (born 1956), composer * Wade Clark Mackey (born 1946), American author and social scientist * William Mackey (Jesuit) (1915–1995), Canadian Jesuit Educationist and founder of the modern educational system of Bhutan
==People with the given name Mackey== The surname Mackey has occasionally been used as a given name. * Mackey Sasser (born 1962), American former Major League Baseball player * Mackey Saturday (born 1985), American designer and typographer
==Fictional characters== * Vic Mackey, main character of the FX drama series ''The Shield'' * Mr. Mackey, on the animated series ''South Park''
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