McDonalds, Paul McCartney, Eric O’Brian, Shaquille O’Neal, Frank O’Connell, MacGregor… You’ve probably come across these names somewhere and many others with “Mc/Mac”, “O-” added because they are used quite often.
Actually; Why did they feel the need to complicate the names and use “Mac/Mc” and “O-” when they could also be used as Donald, Paul, Brian, Neal, and Connell?
Some surnames can be added directly to the name.
Surnames are a secondary name added to a name and are often passed down from one generation to the next. It is used to describe a family or an individual within that family.
In some places, surnames can be added directly to the name instead of being added next to the name. For example, the son of a man named Eric might have the last name “Ericson”. Which means “son of Eric”.
They have similar aspects with our surnames.
In fact, we can more or less understand why surnames such as “Karamollaoğlu”, “Güllüoğlu”, “Süleymanoğlu”, “Evliyaoğulları”, “Demircioğulları” are given.
To preserve the ancestral lineage name and pass it on to future generations. The suffixes “Mc/Mac” and “O-“, which are used in English and a few other languages, are not much different.
Uses of “Mac/Mc” indicate the father.
“Mc” or “Mac”, which often appears in nouns, also means “son” in Welsh and can be named as follows:
/name given to person/ + /Mac/ + /father’s name/
So, /name given to person/ + /son/ + /father’s name/
For example; Paul McCartney means Cartney’s son Paul.
The suffix “O-” indicates the descendant.
“She-” might be a shortcut for typing “grandson.” Again, it is created similarly to “Mac/Mc”.
/name given to person/ + /O’/ + /ancestral name/
So, /name given to person/ + /ancestral name/
For example, Eric O’Brain means Eric, a descendant of Brain.
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