# McAdoo

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #51,240

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Dickens County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.

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