English Explanatory Dictionary

Moncrief

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Word forms

Moncrief Moncriefs Moncrieff Moncrieffe

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place near Perth, from Scottish Gaelic monadh (“mountain, hill”) + craoibhe, genitive of craobh (“tree”).

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