Släkthistoria för Mccathie
Mccathie Vad efternamn betyder
unexplained. Black gives MacCathay as ‘an old Galloway surname’ and hints that it is a variant of McCathen . If so compare McKane from Mac Catháin. However it is most likely a spelling variant of McCaughey since th for ch or gh also occurs in some Irish anglicized spellings.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
