The McDaniels Last Name

McDaniels is best understood alongside McDaniel: both are Irish spellings of one family name. The name is usually explained as “The son of Domhnall (world mighty)”.

• You may also find the name written MacDaniels and MacDaniel.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the McDaniels surname had 7,256 bearers. That puts it inside the top 5,000 US surnames.
• The extra ending in McDaniels is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to McDaniel's family.

McDaniels coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named McDaniels, so the heraldry linked to McDaniel is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete McDaniels report, with a museum-style coat of arms.