# McAuliffe

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,055

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.

## Common misspellings (11)
`cmauliffe`, `maculiffe`, `mcaluiffe`, `mcauilffe`, `mcaulfife`, `mcaulife`, `mcaulifef`, `mcaulliffe`, `mccauliffe`, `mcualiffe`, `mmcauliffe`

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