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McKee anglicises the Gaelic Mac Aodha, "son of Aodh" — Aodh being the old Celtic word for fire and a favourite name of Irish kings for a thousand years, usually rendered in English as Hugh. This collection offers Irish heritage gifts created around the McKee name, with fuller family context in the history below.
McKee anglicises the Gaelic Mac Aodha, "son of Aodh" — Aodh being the old Celtic word for fire and a favourite name of Irish kings for a thousand years, usually rendered in English as Hugh. The name took root on both shores of the North Channel at once, established among the Gaelic families of Down and Antrim and among the McKie and McKee families of Galloway in south-west Scotland, the two streams folding together during the seventeenth-century Plantation.
The Gaelic form and regional setting are the useful starting points for research, since a modern surname can represent more than one historic line.
The McKee collection currently includes coaster set, mug, woven blanket, T-shirt, novelty license plate, garden flag, and ceramic ornament. The woven blanket is the most substantial home piece where available. Designs use the McKee name and crest; where Irish National Tartan appears, it is a shared Irish heritage background rather than a hereditary family tartan.
For the fuller surname history and regional context, read our McKee Irish surname history.
