A name was often recorded during the Middle Ages under several different spelling variations during the life of its bearer because literacy was rare there was no real push to clearly define any of the languages found in the British Isles at that time. Variations found of the name Mcnamee include McNamee, McNamee, McNamee, McNamee, McNanny and others. First found in county Westmeath (Irish: An Iarmhí) in the Irish Midlands, province of Leinster, where they held a family seat from ancient times. My grand father and grand mother in the photo Amos and Theresa Kronk - his mother was Laura McNanny her father was from I reland his name was Frances McNanny - going through history records it is spelled many different ways . I guess the way the writer thought it was spelled .