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MacDonald
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Macdonald
English
Alternative forms
en Mac Donald Macdonald MacDonnell Macdonnell McDonald Mc Donald Mcdonald McDonnell M'Donald M'donald MDonald Mdonald MaDonald Madonald Donald
Etymology
en :der gd:Mac Dhòmhnaill 1
From en gd Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".
Pronunciation
en /məkˈdɒnəld/ UK
en /məkˈdɑnəld/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-MacDonald.wav Southern England
en ɒnəld 2
Proper noun
en Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland.
en Elle Reeve How White ‘replacement theory’ evolved from elderly racists to teens online to the alleged inspiration for another racist mass homicide w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/us/replacement-theory-white-supremacist-buffalo-shooter 2022-05-20 Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as the American Freedom Party, led by Johnson with “a platform that is predicated on the preservation of our traditional European roots.” https://web.archive.org/web/20251119152331/https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/us/replacement-theory-white-supremacist-buffalo-shooter 19 November 2025
en ucomm and coal town in co/Fayette County s/West Virginia c/USA.
Derived terms
en MacDonaldism MacDonaldite macdonaldite
Translations
surname, place name McDonald's
Amharic: am ማክዶናልድ
Arabic: ar ماكدونالد
Armenian: hy Մակդոնալդ
Belarusian: be Макдональд
Bengali: bn ম্যাকডোনাল্ড
Burmese: my မက်ဒေါ်နယ်
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 麥當勞
Mandarin: cmn 麥克唐納
Dhivehi: dv މެކްޑޮނަލްޑް
Georgian: ka მაკდონალდი
Greek: el Μακ Ντόναλντ, el Μακντόναλντ
Gujarati: gu મેકડોનાલ્ડ
Hebrew: he מקדונלד
Hindi: hi मैकडोनाल्ड
Irish: ga Mac Dhomhnaill
Japanese: ja マクドナルド Makudonarudo
Kannada: kn ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್
Kazakh: kk Макдональд
Khmer: km ម៉ាក់ដូណាល់
Konkani: kok मॅकडोनाल्ड
Korean: ko ^맥도날드
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ماکدۆناڵد
Kyrgyz: ky Макдоналд
Lao: lo ແມັກໂດນອລ
Malayalam: ml മക്ഡൊണാൾഡ്
Marathi: mr मॅकडोनाल्ड
Mongolian: mn Макдоналд
Nepali: ne म्याकडोनाल्ड
Odia: or ମ୍ୟାକଡୋନାଲ୍ଡ
Pashto: ps مکډونالډ
Persian: fa مک دونالد
Punjabi: pa ਮੈਕਡੋਨਲਡ
Russian: ru Макдональд
Sindhi: sd ميڪڊونلڊ
Sinhalese: si මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ්
Tajik: tg Макдоналд
Tamil: ta மெக்டொனால்ட்
Tatar: tt Макдональд
Telugu: te మెక్డొనాల్డ్
Thai: th แมคโดนัลด์
Tigrinya: ti ማክዶናልድ
Ukrainian: uk Макдональд
Urdu: ur میکڈونلڈ maikḍonālḍ
Yiddish: yi מאַקדאַנאַלד
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, MacDonald is the 744rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 46,717 individuals. MacDonald is most common among White (93.72%) individuals.