Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Mcclay
“son of the physician”
McClay is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McClay goes back to Irish Mac an Leagha, meaning “son of the physician.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
McClay comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac an Leagha (“son of the physician”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcclay’s family of names
In English usage, Mcclay as a surname has a related form in MCLAY. In English usage, Mcclay as a surname has a related form in McLeay.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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