Mckibben

name

name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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"Environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben is a leader of the movement to stop investments in fossil fuels."

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhibín (“son of Fibín”), a pet form of Philip. Also an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin; compare McGibbon.

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