McGivern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

McGivern McGiverns

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Uidhrín (“son of Uidhrín”), a personal name which is from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”).

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