McNicol
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymic from the personal name Nicol, Scottish form of Nicholas (Dictionary of American Family Names)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
McNicol is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)patronymic from the personal name Nicol, Scottish form of Nicholas.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)McNicol is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Katherine McNicolb. 1961GBBritish rower
- Iain McNicolb. 1969GBBritish politician and trade unionist (born 1969)
- Ross McNicolb. 1979GBBritish photographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name McNicol mean, and where does it come from?
- patronymic from the personal name Nicol, Scottish form of Nicholas. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does McNicol have the most bearers?
- McNicol is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “McNicol”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.