English Explanatory Dictionary

McElwain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

McElwain McElwains McElvain McElwaine McIlvain McIlveen McIlwain McIlwaine

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bheathain (“son of the servant of (Saint) Beathan”), a personal name representing a diminutive of beatha (“life”). Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bháin (“son of the white-haired lad”), for which compare Kilbane.

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