McCandlish

McCandlish is Scottish surname (and rarely also a given name), derived from Scottish Gaelic mac Cuindlis (among other spellings, including mac Cuindilis and mac Cuindlaes), meaning 'son of Cuindlis', a Old Irish name of uncertain meaning that dates to the 8th century. Some spelling variants include McAndlish, McCanalish, McCandelich, McCandelish, McCandish, McCandlash, McCandleis, and McCandleish, among others. The name is closely related to McCandless, found in Scotland and especially Northern Ireland (as well as the Gaelic diaspora). McCandlish has also sometimes been attested in Northern Ireland. It is etymologically but probably not familially related to west Irish Ó Cuindlis, 'descendant of Cuindlis'.^[1][2] The earliest form of the given name can be traced back to an abbot from the 8th century called Cuindles.

Surname[]

• Benjamin McCandlish (1886–1975), United States Navy flag officer; 36th naval governor of Guam
• John MacGregor McCandlish (1821–1901), Scottish lawyer, first president of the Faculty of Actuaries
• Mackey McCandlish, animator and co-creator of Blahbalicious
• Margherita McCandlish née Wood (1892–1954), former first lady of Guam, wife of Benjamin
• William McCandlish, British dog breeder; see List of Chairmen of the Kennel Club

Given name[]

• McCandlish Phillips (1927–2013), American journalist and evangelist

See also[]

• McCandless (surname), more common Scots-Irish form of the name, primarily found in Northern Ireland
• Ó Cuindlis, a west Irish surname dating to the 14th century; anglicized as Conlisk, Cundlish, Quinlist, and several other variants

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