Given name & surname
Mckellar
“son of Ealair”
McKellar is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McKellar goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair, meaning “son of Ealair.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mckellar’s family of names
In English usage, Mckellar as a surname has a related form in MACKELLAR. In English usage, Mckellar as a surname has a related form in MCCULLAH. In English usage, Mckellar as a surname has a related form in MCCULLAR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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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