9-441: McCandless may refer to: People [ edit ] McCandless (surname) Places [ edit ] McCandless, Pennsylvania , US, a home-rule municipality of 29,000 people McCandless Archeological Site , near Elkton, Maryland, US Other uses [ edit ] The McCandless method for stage lighting, authored by Stanley McCandless USS McCandless (FF-1084) ,
18-505: A US Navy frigate named for Byron McCandless and Bruce McCandless I McCandless Lunar Lander , named for Bruce McCandless II See also [ edit ] McCandlish , a less common form of the name McCanles Gang (sometimes also rendered McCandless), an alleged outlaw gang in the American West of the early 1860s "Mac" McCandless, antagonist (played by Anthony Hopkins) in the film Freejack McCandles, protagonist family in
27-539: A few families, primarily in Canada. As with other names of this sort, versions with M' were also attested until the early 20th century. The name is closely related to McCandlish , from the same derivation but primarily found in Scotland. Some other recorded Scottish variants are more similar to McCandless, e.g. McCanleis and McCaunles, and some in the north of Ireland closer to McCandlish, e.g. McCandleish. McCandless itself
36-402: Is Scottish surname (and rarely also a given name), derived from Scottish Gaelic and Middle Irish Mac Cuindlis (among other spellings), meaning 'son of Cuindleas', an Old Irish given name of uncertain meaning. Some variants include McAndlish, McCanalish, McCandelich, McCandelish, McCandish, McCandlash, and McCandleis, among others. Spellings with Mac were believed to be extinct by
45-429: Is also thinly attested in Scotland. The name is etymologically but probably not familially related to the Ó Cuindlis ('descendant of Cuindleas'), a literary family of Uí Mháine in west-central Ireland. The earliest form of the given name can be traced back to an abbot from the 8th century called Cuindles . McCandlish McCandlish ( / m ɪ k ˈ k æ n d . l ɪ ʃ / , mik- CAND -lish
54-611: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages McCandless (surname) McCandless ( / m ɪ k ˈ k æ n d . l ə s / , mik- CAND -ləs ) is a Gaelic surname, both Irish ( Ulster ) and occasionally Scottish . It is the Anglicized form of the Middle Irish Mac Cuindlis (among other spellings) 'son of Cuindleas', an Old Irish given name of uncertain meaning. In historical census and other data,
63-701: The 1971 western film Big Jake McCanles, protagonist family in the 1946 western film Duel in the Sun and the Niven Busch novel on which it was based Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title McCandless . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCandless&oldid=1187926077 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-744: The first half of the 20th century, but still survive among a few families, primarily in the United States and Canada. As with other names of this sort, versions with M' were also attested until the early 20th century. The name is closely related to McCandless (from the same derivation), found in Scotland and especially the north of Ireland ( Ulster ). Some recorded north Irish variants are more similar to McCandlish, e.g. McCandleish, while some Scottish variants are closer to McCandless, e.g. McCanleis and McCaunles. McCandlish itself has also sometimes historically been attested in Northern Ireland. It
81-542: The name is mostly confined to the province of Ulster, especially County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland , and counties Antrim , Down , and Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland . Some variants include McCandlis, McCanlis, McAndless, McAnliss, McCandlass, McCandliss, McCanliss, and McAndles, among others. Spellings with Mac were believed to be extinct by the first half of the 20th century, but still survive among
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