CLAN PHAIL SURNAME
Macphail | MacFeel | McPhail |
MacPhail | MacFall | McPhaill |
MacPaill | MackFall | McPaul |
MacPheal | MacFell | McFail |
MacPail | MacFaul | McFaill |
Macpheel | MacFule | McPhaul |
Macphaile | MacFoill | McFaul |
Macphale | Macpawle | McFall |
Macpheall | Macpaul | Phail |
Macphayll | MacPhall | Paul |
Macphaul | MacFauld | Fall |
McPhell | MacVale | Fail |
MacFail | MacVail | Fell |
Polson | Vicphail | Niphail |
All of the above can be spelt Mac, Mack, Mc, M’, with MAC being the original spelling. The rest are abbreviations or deviations of that spelling. VIC or Vyk means “grandson of”. Ni or Nick means “daughter or grand-daughter”. The original Gaelic spelling should be MacPhail “the son of Paul”.
It was quite common and still is, to find an individual’s name spelt in numerous ways throughout their life, owing to other peoples ignorance or the owners lack of education, and the people simply wrote the name how it sounded.
