MacLellan (surname)

MacLellan, McLellan, or variants thereof, is a surname of Scottish origin, some of whom emigrated to Ireland. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (IPA: ˈmaʰkˈkʲiʎəˈɯːɫ̪ɪn), and the Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (IPA: ˈmˠakˈɟɪl̪ˠəˈiːl̪ˠaːnʲ), which meant "son of the servant of (Saint) Faolán". The personal name, Faolán, is thought to be a diminutive of faol, meaning "wolf" or "little wolf".


 * Abigail McLellan (1969–2009), Scottish artist
 * Adam McLellan (1865–1929), Australian politician
 * Alan McLellan (born 1958), English cricketer
 * Alasdair McLellan (born 1974), British photographer
 * Alban MacLellan (1902–1968), Canadian railway foreman and politician from Alberta, Canada
 * Alister McLellan (1919–2012), New Zealand mathematician and physicist
 * Ally McLellan (1922–2010), footballer
 * Angus MacLellan (born 1992), American rugby union player
 * Anne McLellan (born 1950), Deputy Prime Minister of Canada under Paul Martin
 * Andrew McLellan, Scots minister of religion and chairman of the McLellan Commission into safeguarding the Scottish Catholic Church
 * Archibald McLelan, sixth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
 * Archibald McLellan (1795–1854), Glasgow coachbuilder, magistrate, councillor, Deacon Convenor of the Glasgow Trades House, and art collector
 * Bernard Donald McLellan (1859–1907), Canadian farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island
 * Brian MacLellan (born 1958), Canadian, professional ice hockey player
 * Catherine MacLellan, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
 * Charles Archibald MacLellan (1885–1961), 20th-century American painter and illustrator
 * Daniel McLellan (born 1974), Australian surf swimmer and life saving competitor
 * Dave McLellan, automotive engineer for General Motors
 * David McLellan (Ontario politician) (1841–1892), mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
 * David McLellan (political scientist) (born 1940), political scientist
 * Eric McLellan (1916–2010), Archdeacon of Northern France
 * Garreth McLellan (born 1982), Former South African professional mixed martial artist
 * Gene MacLellan (1938–1995), Canadian, singer-songwriter
 * Geoff MacLellan (born 1978), Canadian politician
 * George B. McClellan (1826–1885), American Civil War military leader, presidential candidate and Governor of New Jersey
 * Gerald McLellan (1932–2009), Canadian ombudsman
 * Hugh Dean McLellan (1876–1953), United States District Judge
 * Isaac McLellan (1806–1899), American author and poet
 * James MacLellan Brown (1886–1967), Scottish architect
 * Jennifer McClellan (born 1972), Virginia politician
 * Joasaph (McLellan) (1962–2009), US scholar and cleric, head of the ROCOR Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem
 * Jock McLellan (1908–1974), New Zealand cricket umpire
 * John M'Clellan (1609–1650) Scots Worthy, Presbyterian minister in who attempted to sail to America
 * John Maclellan, 3rd Lord Kirkcudbright (died 1664), Scottish, baronet
 * Jon MacLellan, computer game editor
 * Joseph McLellan (1929–2005), music critic for The Washington Post
 * Keith MacLellan (1920–1997), Canadian Diplomat
 * Keith McLellan, Australian long jump and triple jump athlete and rugby league footballer
 * Morag McLellan (born 1990), Scottish field hockey player
 * Neil McLellan, producer, composer and mix engineer
 * Patrick Maclellan of Bombie (died 1452), Scottish, Sheriff of Galloway
 * Peter McLellan (1942–1999), Australian politician
 * Richard D. McLellan, American lawyer
 * Rob Maclellan (born 1934), Australian politician
 * Robert Maclellan, 1st Lord Kirkcudbright (died 1641), Scottish, baronet
 * Robert McLellan (1907–1985), Scots dramatist and poet
 * Robert A. MacLellan (1882–1968), Canadian politician
 * Robert F. McLellan (1914–1988), Canadian politician
 * Roberto McLellan (born 1984), Canadian professional boxer
 * Russell MacLellan (born 1940), Canadian, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia
 * Sally McLellan, Australian track and field athlete
 * Sandra McLellan (born 1961), Irish Sinn Féin TD
 * Sarah McLellan (born 1982), Australian dancer, singer and actress
 * Scott McLellan (born 1963), professional ice hockey player
 * Silas McLellan (1897–1974), Canadian marathon runner
 * Thomas Maclellan, 2nd Lord Kirkcudbright (died 1647), Scottish, baronet
 * Thomas Maclellan of Bombie (died 1597), Scottish, Provost of Kirkcudbright
 * Todd McLellan (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player and head coach of the San Jose Sharks
 * William Maclellan, 15th century Scottish noble
 * William McLellan (American electrical engineer) (1928–2011), American electrical engineer
 * William McLellan (Australian politician) (1831–1906), Australian politician
 * William McLellan (Scottish electrical engineer) (1874–1934), Scottish electrical engineer
 * William Walker McLellan (1873–1960), manager of the first S. H. Kress store in Memphis, Tennessee
 * Yvette McLellan, Australian Paralympic athletics competitor
 * Zoe McLellan (born 1974), American actress