Etymology

McElderry

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

Irish Mac Giolla Dhorca
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Dhorca“son of the dark-haired lad”
  2. English todayMcElderry

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhorca (“son of the dark-haired lad”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.