Given name & surname · also Irish
Mcedward
“son of Éadbhard”
McEdward is a surname from Irish (ultimately Scottish Gaelic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
McEdward goes back to Irish Mac Éadbháird, meaning “son of Éadbhard.”
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Where it comes from
McEdward comes from Irish, and ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
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How it developed
From Irish Mac Éadbháird (“son of Éadbhard”), from Scottish Gaelic Mac Eideard (“son of Eideard”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcedward’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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