McGourty

M3C3G2O1U1R1T1Y4

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Mac Dhorchaidh →
RareScrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounMcGourty (plural McGourtys)

plural McGourtys

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Dhorchaidh“son of Dorchadh”
  2. EnglishMcGourty

Probably an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhorchaidh (“son of Dorchadh”), a personal name related to dorcha (“dark”).

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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