Etymology

McIntyre

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac an t-Saoir“son of the craftsman”
  2. English todayMcIntyre

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.