English Explanatory Dictionary

McWhirter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Word forms

McWhirter McWhirters Macwhirter McQuarter McQuerter McWherter McWhorter

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir (“son of the harpist”), from cruitear (“harpist, fiddler”).

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