Where Does the MacFadden Surname Come From?

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

The meaning behind MacFadden

Long before computers fixed spellings, MacFadden and McFadden were used side by side. The family name meaning is “Son of little Patrick”, the same as for McFadden.

MacFadden is listed among the recognised spellings of McFadden. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: MacFadyen, McFaden and McFadyen. In the 2010 US Census, 455 Americans gave MacFadden as their last name (rank 46,725). That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.

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