English
Gallery
Gallery comes from Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh ‘son of the brindled lad’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Giolla Riabhaigh‘son of the brindled lad’
- EnglishtodayGallery
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Giolla Riabhaigh‘son of the brindled lad’
- EnglishtodayGallery
The story
Reduced form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (‘son of the brindled lad’), the same source of McElrath.
Every English word from Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh / Gallery