# McHale

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,768

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish mac céile (“son of the companion”) or, alternatively, from Irish Mac Haol (“son of Haol”), a Gaelicized form of Howell.

## Easily confused with
- **McRae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mchale-vs-mcrae)
- **morale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mchale-vs-morale)
- **Michal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mchale-vs-michal)
- **Michele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mchale-vs-michele)
- **male** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/male-vs-mchale)
- **mahal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahal-vs-mchale)
- **McCabe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mccabe-vs-mchale)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cmhale`, `mcahle`, `mcchale`, `mchael`, `mchalle`, `mchhale`, `mchlae`, `mhcale`, `mmchale`

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