Etymology

McCready

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Riada
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Riada“son of Riada”
  2. English todayMcCready

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Riada (“son of Riada”), a byname meaning "expert", "trained".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.