McTaggart

English

Alternative forms

• McEntegart, McTeggart

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an tSagairt (“son of the priest”), from sagart (“priest”).

Proper noun

McTaggart (plural McTaggarts)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• McTaggartian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McTaggart is the 13798^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2191 individuals. McTaggart is most common among White (86.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McTaggart”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.