# McNabb

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,754

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Abadh (“son of the abbot”).

## Easily confused with
- **McNair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcnabb-vs-mcnair)
- **McCabe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mccabe-vs-mcnabb)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cmnabb`, `mcanbb`, `mccnabb`, `mcnab`, `mcnbab`, `mcnnabb`, `mmcnabb`, `mncabb`

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