Etymology

McCarville

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

Irish Mac Cearbhaill
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Cearbhaill“son of Cearbhall”
  2. English todayMcCarville

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearbhaill (“son of Cearbhall”), a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare McCarroll, which shares the same etymology

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Cearbhaill all →

McCarroll

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.