# McGill vs McNeill

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### McGill
*name · IPA /məˈɡɪl/ · frequency rank #20,703*
A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger"

### McNeill
*name · frequency rank #36,660*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcgill-vs-mcneill