Etymology

McQuaid

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

Irish Mac Uaid
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Uaid“son of Uad”
  2. English todayMcQuaid

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uaid (“son of Uad”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.