McDavid

M3C3D2A1V4I1D2
/mɪkˈdeɪ.vɪd/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginIrish Mac Daibhéid →
UncommonScrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounMcDavid (countable and uncountable, plural McDavids)

plural McDavids

  1. countableuncountableA surname.

    Is McDavid scoring and outscoring at normal levels?

    2024 May 27, Allan Mitchell, “Breaking down Connor McDavid’s impact on the Oilers’ playoff run”, in The New York Times
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida, United States.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Daibhéid“son of David”
  2. EnglishMcDavid

Partially translated form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Daibhéid (“son of David”). Compare McDade. By surface analysis, Mc- + David.

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: McDavid on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.