McIntosh

See also: Mc Intosh, Mac Intosh, MacIntosh, Macintosh, macintosh, Mackintosh, and mackintosh

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/

Etymology 1

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche.

Proper noun

McIntosh (countable and uncountable, plural McIntoshes)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Washington County, Alabama.
   2. A town in Marion County, Florida.
   3. An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Georgia.
   4. A minor city in Polk County, Minnesota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
   6. A city, the county seat of Corson County, South Dakota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington.
3. A community of the Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

• Clan McIntosh
• McIntosh County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McIntosh is the 819^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 42379 individuals. McIntosh is most common among White (69.76%) and Black/African American (23.8%) individuals.

Etymology 2

McIntosh

Named after John McIntosh of Ontario, Canada, who discovered the original single tree in 1796.

Noun

McIntosh (plural McIntoshes)

1. A cultivar of apple whose fruit has red and green skin, tart flavor and white flesh that ripens in late September.
   1. The fruit of this cultivar.
   2. The tree of this cultivar, which bears this fruit.

Synonyms

(cultivar):

• McIntosh Red
• Mac

(fruit):

• McIntosh apple
• McIntosh Red
• Mac

(tree):

• McIntosh apple tree
• McIntosh tree

Translations

apple tree and fruit variety

• French: McIntosh
• Georgian: მაკინტოში (maḳinṭoši)
• German: McIntosh
• Italian: McIntosh
• Portuguese: McIntosh
• Spanish: McIntosh

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McIntosh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.