McIver

M3C3I1V4E1R1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginScottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper nounMcIver (plural McIvers)

plural McIvers · alternative MacIver · alternative McEver · alternative McEvers · alternative McIvor · alternative McKiver

  1. A surname.

    Video taken during the scrum appears to show McIver using her body to push past federal agents and get to Baraka as he was being taken away in handcuffs.

    2025 May 20, Shania Shelton and Holmes Lybrand, “Democratic congresswoman says federal charges in ICE facility scuffle are ‘absurd’”, in CNN

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicMac Íomhair“son of Íomhar”
  2. EnglishMcIver

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair (“son of Íomhar”), Gaelic adaptation of the Old Norse name Ívarr.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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