Given name & surname
Mcwhirter
“son of the harpist”
McWhirter is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
McWhirter goes back to Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir, meaning “son of the harpist.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir (“son of the harpist”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mcwhirter’s family of names
In English usage, Mcwhirter as a surname has a related form in Macwhirter. In English usage, Mcwhirter as a surname has a related form in MCQUARTER. In English usage, Mcwhirter as a surname has a related form in MCQUARTER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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