Spelling Variation Pronunciation

[vkmackyntoich]

Hello all on this wonderful forum! My last name is McIntosh, obviously a variation of MacKintosh.
I was researching family genealogy and traced my very distant relatives back to a man named Laichlan Mackyntoich in 1468.

I was just curious as to whether Mackyntoich is pronounced the same or similarly to MacKintosh.

Thanks!
Vk

[neloon]

All the spelling variations are just attempts to represent the Gaelic "Mac an Tòisich" (son of the chief) from a time when spelling was fairly arbitrary. Since the Gaelic pronunciation has not changed, all the various orthographic transcriptions would have the same "anglicised" pronunciation nowadays.
Alan

[California Highlander]

Welcome to Xmarks!

Loch Moigh! Many of my ancestors from Scotland are McIntoshes from Caithness and Inverness.