McAuliffe (surname)

McAuliffe or MacAuliffe is a surname of Norse Irish origin.[1] The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh, meaning "son of Amhlaoibh".[1] The Gaelic name, Amhlaoibh, was derived from the Old Norse personal name Olaf.[1] The surname occurs frequently in Munster, especially northern County Cork, western County Limerick, and eastern County Kerry.[2] The McAuliffes were a sept, related to the McCarthys.[2]

People surnamed McAuliffe

• General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (1898–1975), US general in the Battle of the Bulge
• Callan McAuliffe, (born 1995), Australian actor
• Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), American teacher and astronaut (STS-51-L; perished during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster)
• Dick McAuliffe (1939–2016), professional baseball player
• Dorothy McAuliffe, American, First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Gene McAuliffe (1872–1953), American professional baseball player
• Jack McAuliffe (American football) (1901–1971), American football player
• Jack McAuliffe (boxer) (1886–1937), Irish-born American boxer
• Jack McAuliffe (brewer) (born 1945), American microbrewer
• Jane Dammen McAuliffe, American, president of Bryn Mawr College
• Leon McAuliffe (1917–1988), American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• Maurice F. McAuliffe (1875–1944), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Max Arthur Macauliffe, scholar of Sikh scripture
• Megan McAuliffe, New Zealand speech pathologist
• Nichola McAuliffe (born 1955), British actress
• Paul McAuliffe, 350th Lord Mayor of Dublin
• Roger McAuliffe, American politician
• Ron McAuliffe (1918–1988), Australian politician
• Rosemary McAuliffe, American politician
• Steven J. McAuliffe (born 1948), American judge
• Terry McAuliffe (born 1957), American businessman, political operative, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Tim McAuliffe, Canadian television comedy writer
• Timothy McAuliffe (1909–1985), Irish politician

See also

• Michael McAuliffe (disambiguation)
• McCarthy (surname)
• Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)
• Eóganachta

Notes

1. McAuliffe Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2007-12-08
2. Surname search Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-12-08