Macfie Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the McAfee surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Before spelling settled in the modern era, so McAfee could easily become Macfie. Read literally, Macfie points to “Son of the dark one of peace”.

Before spelling was fixed, McAfee was also written Macfie. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: MacAfee and McFee.

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