Etymology

McEdward

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Irish Mac Éadbháird ← Scottish Gaelic Mac Eideard
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Eideard“son of Eideard”
  2. Irish · derived fromMac Éadbháird“son of Éadbhard”
  3. English todayMcEdward

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Éadbháird (“son of Éadbhard”) and Scottish Gaelic Mac Eideard (“son of Eideard”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.