Maccus is a personal name which is first attested and possibly coined in the tenth century.[1] The name Maccus, later also written as Mac(c)hus, was especially common in the Border country.

People with the given name

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Place names

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In fiction

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  • Maccus or Macchus, a stock character in Atellan Farce and a related figure in puppetry

References

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  1. ^ David E. Thornton, "Hey Mac! The name Maccus, tenth to fifteenth centuries." Nomina 20 (1997-9): 67-94, with appendix by O.J. Padel on Talkarn Mackus, 95-8.