Etymology

McElrath

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

Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Riabhaigh“son of the brindled lad”
  2. English todayMcElrath

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of Gallery.

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Giolla Riabhaigh all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.