No Mac Naoimhin households in Griffith's.
Mac Naoimhín | Nevin(s), Mac Niven: líonmhar: Cúige Laighean, ach tá meascadh le Mac Cnáimhín, q.v. Leagan Albanach is ea Mac Niven. Brí: "naomh beag". |
MacNevin | Quite numerous: Dublin, Galway. Ir. Mac Cnáimhín, from cnámh, a bone. A literary and medical family of Uí Maine (E Galway), now usually Nevin. |
MacNiven | Very rare: Belfast area. Scots Gaelic Mac Naoimhín (holy one). This family were located round Loch Awe (Argyle). See also Niven. |
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