Given name & surname

Mcvay

McVay is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

McVay comes from Scottish Gaelic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mcvay’s family of names

In English usage, Mcvay as a surname has a related form in MCVEY.

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Mcvay, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Gaelic

Mcbay

“son of life”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mcclay

“son of the physician”

No U.S. birth series

75% boys · 25% girls

Gaelic

McKay

“a fiery woman” · “the son of fire”

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85% boys · 15% girls

Gaelic

Mcveigh

McVeigh is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Macmurray

Macmurray is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Murray MacMurray, McMurray, Мастиrта,.”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

Mcgilvray

McGilvray is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

McVarish

McVarish is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Mcvicar

“son of the vicar”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Mcvay’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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