McGirr
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): McGarr
Etymology edit
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Gheairr (“son of the short man”), from gearr (“short”).
Proper noun edit
McGirr (countable and uncountable, plural McGirrs)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McGirr is the 25083rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 990 individuals. McGirr is most common among White (96.16%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGirr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
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- English surnames from Irish
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic