Maccus is a personal name which is first attested and possibly coined in the tenth century.
[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.] 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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Maccus mac Arailt (fl. 971–974), also Maccus Haraldsson
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Maccus son of Anlaf, named as Eric Bloodaxe's murderer
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Maccus, a minor thane who fought at the Battle of Maldon and is mentioned in the poem of the same name
Place names
In fiction
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Maccus or Macchus, a stock character in Atellan Farce and a related figure in puppetry
