What do Fitzgerald, McFly and O'Connor have in common?
What Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (American Writer - The Great Gatsby ), Martin McFly (the fictional character in Back to the Future ) and Sara O'Connor (fictional character in Terminator ) have in common? Well all of them have a patronymic as surname. Indeed Fitzgerald and McFly mean indeed " Son of Gerald " and " Son of Fly " respectively. O'Connor is slightly different, meaning grandson/descendant of Conchobhar (an Irish male name). The "Mac" or "Mc" versions have Scottish origin, while Fitzgerald is English being Fitz closely related to the French " fils " meaning Son same for O' being an abbreviation for " of ". Other patronymic are pretty obvous as the English surnames ending by "son" like Carlson. Many other patronomymics are listed on this wikipedia page.