Macaulay

Macaulay or MacAulay (Scottish Gaelic :Mac Amhlaigh) is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. The modern name is an Anglicisation of the patronymic forms of two different Gaelic personal names.

The surname Macaulay when originating in Dunbartonshire in Scotland (see Clan MacAulay), and in County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland, is derived from the same name in Gaelic. The modern Macaulay is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh ("son of Amhalghaidh"). The Gaelic personal name Amhalghaidh is of uncertain origin.
The surname Macaulay when originating in the Hebrides (see MacAulays of Lewis), and in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, is derived from a different Gaelic name than those listed above. In this case the modern Macaulay is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ("son of Amhlaoibh") or Mac Amhlaidh ("son of Amhlaidh"). These Gaelic names are derived from the Old Norse personal name Áleifr and Óláfr.

People

Surname Macaulay

Angus Macaulay (1759–1827), schoolmaster, physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Archie Macaulay (1915–1993), Scottish football player and manager
Aulay Macaulay (disambiguation), several people.
Aulay Macaulay, (died c.1767), Scottish clan chief, inventor of a system of Shorthand.
Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple (died 1617), Scottish laird, clan chief, shire Commissioner, and knight
Catherine Macaulay (1731–1791), English historian
David Macaulay, American author and illustrator
Francis Sowerby Macaulay, English mathematician
Frederick Macaulay (1882–1970), economist of the Institutionalist School
George Macaulay, English cricketer
George Campbell Macaulay (1852–1915), Classical scholar of Herodotus
Herbert Macaulay (1864–1946), Nigerian politician
Helene Macaulay (born 1961), celebrity makeup artist
James Macaulay (1759–1822), doctor and medical official in Upper Canada
James Buchanan Macaulay (1793–1859), Canadian lawyer
John Macaulay, several people.
John Macaulay (politician) (1792–1857), political figure in Upper Canada
John Simcoe Macaulay (1791–1855), another political figure in Upper Canada
Kyle Macaulay (born 1986), Scottish professional footballer
Leopold Macaulay, Canadian politician
Marc Macaulay (born 1948), American actor
Michael Macaulay (born 1939), South African cricketer
Neill W. Macaulay, Jr. (1935–2007), American writer, professor and Cuban revolutionary
Reginald Macaulay (1858–1937), English footballer
Robert Macaulay, Canadian politician
Robertson Macaulay (1833–1915), Canadian insurance company executive
Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), English novelist
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), 1st Baron Macaulay, "Lord Macaulay", English poet, historian and Whig politician
Tony Macaulay, Canadian songwriter
Vince Macaulay (born 1961), head coach and owner of British Basketball League franchise Milton Keynes Lions
Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838), Scottish colonial governor

Surname MacAulay

Alexander MacAulay (1863–1931), first professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Tasmania
Fred MacAulay (born 1956), Scottish comedian
John MacAulay, Canadian lawyer and Red Cross activist
Lawrence MacAulay, Canadian politician

Given name Macaulay

George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian
John Babington Macaulay Baxter, New Brunswick jurist and politician
Macaulay Culkin, American actor

Places

Macaulay railway station, Melbourne
The Macaulay Institute, a land use research institute based in Aberdeen, Scotland

Things

Clan MacAulay, a Scottish clan
Cohen-Macaulay ring, mathematical object
Macaulay brackets
Macaulay computer algebra system
Macaulay Duration, special case of bond duration
Macaulay of Lewis, a Scottish clan located on the Isle of Lewis (no relation to Clan MacAulay)

Translation

The word "Macaulay" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Polish.