Etymology

McClurkin

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

Irish Mac Cléireacháin
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Cléireacháin“son of the little priest”
  2. English todayMcClurkin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cléireacháin (“son of the little priest”), from cléireach (“priest, cleric”) + án (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.