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Macleod¹

  • /məˈklaʊd/

Where it comes from

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.

* (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

proper noun Macleods · MacLeod · McLeod · Mcleod

  1. countable A surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree
  2. countable, uncountable A town in Alberta, Canada; modern Fort Macleod.
  3. countable, uncountable A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Banyule and the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia

MacLeod²

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid (“son of Leòd”), from Old Norse Liótr (“the Ugly (one)”), from Old Norse ljótr (“ugly, scary”).

proper noun MacLeods · Macleod · Mcleod · McLeod · McCloud

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mcleod, morgan, secretary, lok, maclagan, maclean, macaulay, macmahon, macpherson, mccallum, macfarlane, mackellar, macewen, mccauley, mackall, macdonald

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Chicago

"Macleod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/macleod.

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@misc{macleod_2026,
  title = {Macleod},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/macleod},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}