McNamee — Family Name, Records and Arms

McNamee is an Irish surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “the son of Cumidhe (hound of Meath)”.

Surname origin

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. Related forms include MacNamee.

In the 2010 US Census, 5,825 Americans gave McNamee as their last name (rank 5,917). It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country.

McNamee coat of arms

There is no single McNamee family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which McNamee line, if any, bore arms.

Get the complete McNamee report, with a museum-style coat of arms.