English Explanatory Dictionary

McKiernan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

McKiernan McKiernans McKernan McTernan McTiernan

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thighearnáin (“son of Thighearnán”), a diminutive of tighearna (“lord, master”).

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