Given name & surname
Mccleary
“son of the cleric”
McCleary is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McCleary goes back to Irish Mac an Chléirigh, meaning “son of the cleric.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac an Chléirigh (“son of the cleric”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mccleary’s family of names
In English usage, Mccleary as a surname has a related form in MCCLARY. In English usage, Mccleary as a surname has a related form in MCCLEERY. In English usage, Mccleary as a surname has a related form in MCLERIE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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