Etymology

McIver

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Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Íomhair“son of Íomhar”
  2. English todayMcIver

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair (“son of Íomhar”), Gaelic adaptation of the Old Norse name Ívarr.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.