The story
- Old Irish · derived fromall“cliff”
- English todayAllardice
After the place Allardyce in Kincardineshire, perhaps from Old Irish all (“cliff”) (cf. Irish aill) + dess (“south”), with intrusive -ar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A surname. Full definition →
After the place Allardyce in Kincardineshire, perhaps from Old Irish all (“cliff”) (cf. Irish aill) + dess (“south”), with intrusive -ar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.