Etymology

McDevitt

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

Irish Mac Daibhéid
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Daibhéid“son of David”
  2. English todayMcDevitt

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Daibhéid (“son of David”).

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Daibhéid all →

McDavidMcDade

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.