McBride

M3C3B3R1I1D2E1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginScottish Gaelic Mac Brighde →
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Meanings

proper nounMcBride (countable and uncountable, plural McBrides)

plural McBrides · alternative MacBride · alternative MacBryde · alternative McBryde

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A place name:
    1. countableuncountableA village in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Montcalm County, Michigan.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
    6. countableuncountableFormer name of Sebree, Kentucky.

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicMac Brighde“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”
  2. EnglishMcBride

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin.

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Cite this entry
APA

McBride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McBride

MLA

“McBride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McBride. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McBride,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McBride.

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