Etymology

McAughtrie

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Uchtraigh
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Uchtraigh“son of Uchtragh”
  2. English todayMcAughtrie

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Uchtraigh (“son of Uchtragh”), probably a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Scandinavian Uchtred.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.