McNeilly Surname Guide

Arms linked to McNeely and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

What McNeilly means

McNeilly is a spelling of the Irish surname McNeely. The family name meaning is “Son of the poet”, the same as for McNeely.

Before spelling was fixed, McNeely was also written McNeilly. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include McNeelly. About 1,662 people in the United States were recorded as McNeilly in 2010, placing it 17,080 on the national list. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: MacNeill, McNally and MacNally.

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