First name origin & meaning: Scottish: Son of Kinley First name variations: MacKinley Last name origins & meanings:
- Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fionnlaigh, a
patronymic from the early personal name Fionnlaoch (see
Finley).
- William McKinley (1843–1901), 25th U.S. president, was born at
Niles, OH, a descendant of David McKinley, known as ‘David the
Weaver’, of Scotch–Irish stock, who settled in York Co., PA, about
1743. William McKinley’s family were iron founders who tracked the ore
from the Susquehanna Valley in PA to Columbiana Co., OH.
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