Etymology

McCloy

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Lugaidh
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Lugaidh“son of Lugaid”
  2. English todayMcCloy

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Lugaidh (“son of Lugaid”), a personal name related to Old Irish Lug.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.