Etymology

McClure

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir ← Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Uidhir“son of the dun lad”
  2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Gille Uidhir
  3. English todayMcClure

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

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