Etymology

MacGregor

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Scottish Gaelic MacGriogair
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMacGriogair“son of gregory”
  2. English todayMacGregor

From Scottish Gaelic MacGriogair (“son of gregory”).

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