McAbee

English

Alternative forms

• Abee

Etymology

Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac an Beatha (“son of life”), from beatha (“life”), originally a term denoting a monk, but later used as a personal name.

Proper noun

McAbee (plural McAbees)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAbee is the 8196^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4049 individuals. McAbee is most common among White (88.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAbee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.

Anagrams

• MacBee, Macbee, became