McColl Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

There is no single McColl family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

What McColl means

Long before computers fixed spellings, McColl and McCall were used side by side. Its meaning, shared with McCall, is “The son of Cathal (battle mighty), or of Cathmhaol (battle chief)”.

McColl writes “o” in place of the “a” found in McCall, a common scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: MacCall. 1,615 Americans were listed as McColl in the 2010 census.

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