MacTavish
The surname MacTavish or McTavish is a Scottish surname, it is one Anglicised form of the Gaelic "MacThamis","Mac Tamhais", or "Mac Thamhais" (in different eras) which is derived from the Pictish word for twin, TUUS. .[1][2] Tavis or Tavish is synonymous with the Lowland Scots name "Tammas". "Tavis" and "Tammas" are derived from the Aramaic for twin, being te’oma תאומא Anglicised as Thomas.
People
- 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
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.
Other
- Clan MacTavish, Scottish clan
- SS Ina Mactavish
- MacTavish Cup, shinty
See also
- Tavish, a related given name
References
- MacGregor, Hal, Llawrydd Gan Albannwrydd, (Chronicle of the Picts), 2014, Rev. 8, 978-0-9813983-1-0, National Library of Scotland Reference D/MACGREGH-DN/A144591
- http://hal_macgregor.tripod.com/gregor/Albann.htm
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