# McCauley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,613

## Definitions
1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].
2. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh (“son of Amhalghadh”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
* Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr (“Olaf”).

## Easily confused with
- **Macaulay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macaulay-vs-mccauley)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cmcauley`, `mcaculey`, `mcauley`, `mccaluey`, `mccauely`, `mccauleyy`, `mccaulley`, `mccaulye`, `mccualey`, `mmccauley`

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