MacTaggart explained

MacTaggart
Meaning:	"son of the priest"
Region:	Scotland, Ulster
Language:	Gaelic
Variant:	Taggart, McTaggart
Family:	Clan Ross
Search:	McTaggart
Footnotes:	Frequency Comparisons (McTaggart)^[1]

MacTaggart is a surname of Scottish or Ultonian origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt, meaning "son of the priest"^[2] Also having the forms McTaggart and Taggart.

People with the surname MacTaggart

• Fearchar mac an t-sagairt (anglicised as Farquhar MacTaggart) 13th century Earl of Ross
• Fiona Mactaggart
• Gerry MacTaggart
• Ivan Mactaggart
• James MacTaggart
• John Mactaggart (disambiguation)
• Sandy Mactaggart
• William MacTaggart

Other

• Mactaggart baronets
• MacTaggart-Stewart baronets
  • Mark MacTaggart-Stewart
• Mactaggart, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Mactaggarts Woolstore, Brisbane, Australia

See also

• Moira MacTaggert, comic book character
• McTaggart
• Taggart (surname)

Notes and References

1. Web site: MaTaggart Surname Meaning and Distribution . forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
2. "Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practised nevertheless" (Taggart family history).