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- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Gairbhshíth“son of Gairbhshíth”
- English todayMcGarvey
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gairbhshíth (“son of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough”) + síth (“peace”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.