Etymology

McCorvey

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearghaidh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Fhearghaidh“son of Fearghadh”
  2. English todayMcCorvey

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearghaidh (“son of Fearghadh”), a hypocoristic form of the personal name Fergus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.