MacNamara Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

The last name MacNamara is one of the recorded forms of McNamara, a well-known Irish family name.

Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Before spelling was fixed, McNamara was also written MacNamara.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named MacNamara, so the heraldry linked to McNamara is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the MacNamara family name pack.