McColl (surname)

McColl is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It is shared by several notable people and fictional characters:

* Bill McColl (born 1930), former American football (NFL) player
* Billy McColl, Scottish footballer
* Colin McColl (born 1932), KCMG, former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service
* Hugh McColl (born 1935), Fourth generation American banker, influential in evolution of the banking industry
* Ian McColl (1927–2008), Scottish international footballer and manager
* James McColl (disambiguation)
* James McColl (musician) (fl. 1990), Scottish frontman for the British band The Supernaturals
* James McColl (politician) (1844–1929)
* Jim McColl (born 1951), Scottish businessman
* Jimmy McColl (footballer born 1892), Scottish footballer (Celtic FC, Stoke City FC, Hibernian FC)
* Jimmy McColl (Olympic footballer), Scottish footballer
* John B. McColl (Canadian politician) (1861-1940), Canadian national political figure
* John McColl (British Army officer) (born 1952), KCB, CBE, DSO, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
* John McColl (politician) (fl. 1915), Canadian (Alberta) political figure
* Milt McColl (born 1959), former American football (NFL) player
* Pamela McColl, Canadian publisher and campaigner
* Peter McColl (born 1980), Former Rector of the University of Edinburgh
* Robert Smyth McColl (1876-1959), Scottish footballer and founder of the RS McColl newsagent chain
* William McColl (disambiguation)
* William McColl (clarinetist)
* William McColl (footballer) (1865 - after 1895), Scottish international footballer

## Fictional characters

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* Mitch McColl, character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.

## History and Origin

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Anglicized version of the Gaelic patronym Mac Colla (formerly Conla(e)) which was used by three brothers who were said to be the fabled forefathers of the monarchs of mid-Ulster. 'Great chief' or 'son of the battle chief' has been suggested as a possible meaning for the name. Because the surname was occasionally pronounced with a terminal fricative sound like Mac Collach, there seems to have been some confusion with McCullough historically.[1][2]

The surname was first discovered in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, which is now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, in Argyllshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.[2]

## See also

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* MacColl

## References

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1. ^ "Mccoll Name Meaning & Mccoll Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
2. ^ a b "McColl Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2023-08-03.

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