Given name & surname
Mcelrath
“son of the brindled lad”
McElrath is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McElrath goes back to Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh, meaning “son of the brindled lad.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcelrath’s family of names
In English usage, Mcelrath as a surname has a related form in MCELREATH. In English usage, Mcelrath as a surname has a related form in MCILRATH. In English usage, Mcelrath as a surname has a related form in MCILRATH.
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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