MacTaggart

MacTaggart

Language(s)	Gaelic
Origin
Meaning	"son of the priest"
Region of origin	Scotland, Ulster
Other names
Variant form(s)	Taggart, McTaggart
Frequency Comparisons (McTaggart)[1]

MacTaggart is a surname of Scottish or Ultonian origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt, meaning "son of the priest"[2] Also having the forms McTaggart and Taggart.

People with the surname MacTaggart

• Fearchar mac an t-sagairt (anglicised as Farquhar MacTaggart) 13th century Earl of Ross
• Fiona Mactaggart
• Gerry MacTaggart
• Ivan Mactaggart
• James MacTaggart
• John Mactaggart (disambiguation)
• Sandy Mactaggart
• William MacTaggart

Other

• Mactaggart baronets
• MacTaggart-Stewart baronets
  • Mark MacTaggart-Stewart
• Mactaggart, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Mactaggarts Woolstore, Brisbane, Australia

See also

• Moira MacTaggert, comic book character
• McTaggart
• Taggart (surname)

References

1. "MaTaggart Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
2. "Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practised nevertheless" (Taggart family history).