Given name & surname
Mackellar
“son of Ealair”
MacKellar is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
MacKellar is a form of McKellar. McKellar goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair, meaning “son of Ealair.”
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Where it comes from
MacKellar is a form of McKellar. McKellar comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mackellar’s family of names
In English usage, Mackellar as a surname has a related form in MCKELLAR.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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