Etymology

McGoldrick

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

Irish Mac Ualghairg ← Old Irish garg ← Proto-Celtic *gargos
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*gargos“rough”
  2. Old Irish · derived fromgarg
  3. Irish · derived fromMac Ualghairg“son of Ualgharg”
  4. English todayMcGoldrick

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ualghairg (“son of Ualgharg”), a personal name composed of the elements úall (“vanity, pride”) + garg (“fierce”) (from Old Irish garg, from Proto-Celtic *gargos (“rough”)).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.