MacLellan (surname)


MacLellan, McLellan, or variants thereof, is a surname of Scottish origin, some of whom emigrated to Ireland. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain, and the Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, which meant "son of the servant of Faolán". The personal name personal, Faolán, is thought to be a diminutive of faol, meaning "wolf" or "little wolf".