McEnery

M3C3E1N1E1R1Y4

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper nounMcEnery (plural McEnerys)

plural McEnerys

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Innéirghe“son of Innéirghe”
  2. EnglishMcEnery

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Innéirghe (“son of Innéirghe”), a personal name apparently derived from éirghe (“rising, rise”).

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

McEnery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McEnery

MLA

“McEnery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McEnery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McEnery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McEnery.

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