MacTavish

The surname MacTavish or McTavish is a Scottish surname, it is one Anglicised form of the Gaelic MacThàmhais, ^[1] i.e. son ^[2] of Thomas. ^{[3] [4]}

Thus, MacTAVISH. G. Mac Tamhais. (G. = Gaelic Anglicized: MacTamhais (MacTavish) = Thom(p)son in English ^{[5] [6] [7]}

People

Surname

• MacTavish (surname), includes a list of people with surname MacTavish

Given name MacTavish

• Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (1908–1998), Scottish journalist
• Anne Mactavish, Canadian Federal Court trial judge
• Charles MacTavish (1818–1868), American landowner
• Craig MacTavish (born 1958), Canadian professional ice hockey coach
• Don MacTavish (1940–1969), American race driver
• John MacTavish (British Consul), Scots-Canadian fur trade entrepreneur and British Consul to Baltimore, Maryland
• Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Scottish author of letters published as memoirs of 19th-century pioneer women in Canada
• Scott Mactavish (contemporary), American filmmaker, author, and journalist
• Shona Dunlop MacTavish (1920–2019), New Zealand dancer and dance teacher
• William Mactavish (1815–1870), Scottish-born representative of the Hudson's Bay Company; governor of Rupert's Land and Assiniboia in Canada

Given name McTavish

• Simon McTavish (fur trader) (1750–1804), of Montreal was a Scottish-born fur trader and the chief founding partner of the North West Company. His two elder brothers were taken into the care of their father's friend, Dugald MacTavish of Dunardry, Chief of the Clan MacTavish.
• Graham McTavish (1961- ), Famous Scottish Actor, and member of Clan MacTavish

Fictional people

• Captain John "Soap" MacTavish, one of the main protagonists in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare , Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and the alternative version of the same character (Sergeant Johnny "Soap" MacTavish) in the rebooted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III games.

Other

• Clan MacTavish, Scottish clan
• SS Ina Mactavish

See also

• All pages with titles containing MacTavish
• McTavish, a related given name
• Tavish, a related given name
• Thompson (surname), a related given name
• MacTavish Cup, shinty

References

1. "MacThàmhais".
2. "Mac".
3. "Scottish Thompson Name is MacTavish".
4. "Surname Database: MacTavish Last Name Origin".
5. "Clan MacTavish Associated Family Names". ClanMacTavish.org.
6. "Clan MacTavish Surname Origin and Variant Spellings" (PDF). Clan MacTavish. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
7. "The Transition of the MacGilletSamhais, MacStibhan, and Tahd Surnames being Associated Family Names of the Clan MacTavish OR How and Why Gaelic Surnames changed to Latin or Anglo-English" (PDF). Clan MacTavish. Retrieved 4 March 2025.