Etymology

McWhirter

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

Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac an Chruiteir“son of the harpist”
  2. English todayMcWhirter

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir (“son of the harpist”), from cruitear (“harpist, fiddler”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.