As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

MAC QUEEN. A branch of the great clan Macdonald (Lords of the Isles.) This connection was recognised so lately as the year 1778, by Alexander, Lord Macdonald. The tribe or sub-clan were known as the clan Revan. In the early part of the XV. cent., Ehoderic Dliu llevan Mac Sweene, or Mac Queen, quitted the Isles on receiving the lands of Corrybrongh, &c., from which period the family have been annexed to the clan Chattan. B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Status name

Origin: Celtic

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: Gaelic

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