Medieval Surnames

[Victor Wolfe]

Mc or Mac is actually the Celtic way of saying son of, thus your surname would be decided by your fathers first name, Son at the end as pointed out above is the equivalent for the Germanic cultures (English, Dutch, German,Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish) Not sure if the romance cultures have any equivalent traditions. And yes sometimes with the Germanics its not your fathers given name (Thor ODINson) but the traditional occupation of your family.