Etymology

McElwee

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

Irish Mac Giolla Bhuidhe
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Bhuidhe“son of the yellow-haired lad”
  2. English todayMcElwee

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

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Giolla Bhuidhe all →

McKelvey

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.