Släkthistoria för Mccalden
Mccalden Vad efternamn betyder
origin uncertain possibly from Mac Haldan ‘son of Haldan’ see Haldane. MacLysaght gives a location in south Ulster with a variant Haldan and says that some bearers of the surname were of planter stock. As a surname Haldane was found in Perths in the 14th century a time when Scottish Gaelic was spoken there.MacLysaght notes the Irish form Mac Comhaltáin in the Annals of the Four Masters in Derry (MacLysaght p.52 under Colton). See also Culleton.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
