Etymology

McLafferty

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

Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMac Fhlaithbheartaigh“son of Flaithbheartach”
  2. English todayMcLafferty

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhlaithbheartaigh (“son of Flaithbheartach”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.