"Mccotter" is a surname of Scottish origin, and its pronunciation can be represented phonetically as /məˈkɒtər/. The spelling of the word is a combination of the prefix "mc-" which means "son of" in Scots Gaelic, and the name "Cotter" which means "a person who lives in a small cottage." The doubling of the "c" is a Scottish convention to indicate a "hard c" sound, and the "t" is pronounced with a slight stop as it is followed by the "ər" sound.