McAleer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

McAleer McAleers McAlear

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Giolla Uidihir (“son of the servant of (Saint) Odhar”), a byname from odhar (“dun; dull, dark”). Compare McLear and McClure.

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