English Explanatory Dictionary

McIlwrick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Word forms

McIlwrick McIlwricks

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich (“son of the brindled lad”), from gille (“lad”) and riabhach (“brindled, speckled”). Compare McElrath, which derives from the Irish variant of the surname.

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