Etymology

McCarthy

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Carthaigh
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromMac Carthaigh
  2. English todayMcCarthy

Borrowed from Irish Mac Carthaigh (literally “son of Carthach”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.