McTavish

Not to be confused with MacTavish (disambiguation).

McTavish is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, deriving from a Gaelic form of Thomas meaning “twin”.

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

Thus, McTAVISH. G. Mac Tamhais. (G. = Gaelic Anglicized: MacTamhais (MacTavish) = Thom(p)son in English ^[5]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Bob McTavish (born 1944), Australian surfboard designer
• Bob McTavish (footballer) (1888–1972), Scottish footballer
• Dale McTavish (born 1972), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Devon McTavish (born 1984), American professional soccer player
• George Archibald McTavish (1856–1886), farmer and politician
• Gord McTavish (born 1954), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Gordon McTavish (1925–2019), Canadian curler and judge
• Graham McTavish (born 1961), Scottish actor and voice actor
• Jessie McTavish, Scottish nurse convicted in 1974 of murdering a patient with insulin
• John McTavish (footballer, born 1885), Scottish footballer
• John McTavish (footballer, born 1932), Scottish footballer
• John McTavish (politician), Canadian politician
• Mason McTavish (born 2003), Swiss professional ice hockey player
• Megan McTavish (born 1949), American television actress
• Saunders McTavish, pen name of early settler, businessman and politician William Storrie in the colony of South Australia (c. 1832 − 19 June 1900)
• Simon McTavish (1750–1804), Scots-Canadian businessman, fur trader, and philanthropist
• Waldo McTavish Skillings (1906–1981), politician and insurance agent

See also

• École McTavish Junior High Public School
• McTavish reservoir
• McTavish Street
• Clan MacTavish
• MacTavish (Surname)
• Tavish, a related given name
• Thompson (surname)

References

1. "MacThàmhais".
2. "Mac".
3. "The Clan MacTavish Surname Origin and Variant Spellings" (PDF).
4. "Surname Database: MacTavish Last Name Origin".
5. "Clan MacTavish Associated Family Names". ClanMacTavish.org.