What's in a Name? [name]
Toiseach or toisich is gaelic for chief or thane, thus mac an toisich means 'son of the thane' or 'son of the chief'. The name has been anglicised and therefore today can be spelt in many different ways (we have fifty variations).

However McIntosh, Mackintosh and MacIntosh are the most commonly used today. The clan society uses the version Mackintosh at the request of the late chief, as this is the version his family uses.

There are also a number of accepted septs of the Clan Mackintosh from the Inverness region. Septs are families that through marriage and/or allegience have banded with our clan for protection.

Fifty variations of the Name

Mac an toisich
Macintoshich
Mac Toshy
Macintosh
Mackintoche
Mackintoshie
MacIntosh
Mackinthoschey
Mackyntoiche
Mackyntoshe
Makin Toshie
Malcomtosh
Malcometoshe
Makynthoschey		 Mc yntosach
Mc yntose
Mc ynchosse
M'Colmetoshe
M'Intosche
M'intosh
M'Intosh
M'Kintoschis
M'Kintoschissone
M'Kintoisch
M'Kintoshe
M'Kyntoshe
M'Kyntoschey		 M'Kyntoysschis
M'Kyntoshy
Mackintosh
Makintoshe
Makintoich
Makkintoshe
Makintoishe
Makintosche
Mc anetosche
Mc Kintoche
Mc Intosche
Mc Intoshe		 Mc Intosh
Mc intosh
M'Intoshe
M'inthoschie
M'inthosych
M'Kintoshe
M'Kintosshe
M'Kintosche
M'Kyntosy
M'yntossich
M'yntosche
M'Kyntoshchey
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Accepted Septs
Adamson
Ayson
Aysons (NZ)
Clark
Clarke
Clarkson
Clerk
Crearer
Crerer
Dallas		 Elder
Esson
Glen
Glennie
Glenny
Gollan
Heggie
Higgie
Hardie
Hardy		 MacAndrew
MacAy
MacCardney
MacClerich
MacChlery
MacConchy
Macglashan
Machardie
Machardy
Machay		 Mackeggie
MacKillican
MacLerie
MacNivan
MacRitchie
Niven
Noble
Ritchie
Tarrill
Tosh
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