Where Does the McAnally Surname Come From?

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, McAnally is usually a form of McNally. Before spelling was fixed, McNally was also written McAnally. Taken at its root, McAnally points to “Son of the poor man”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Related forms: MacNally and Nally.

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