English
McGeorge
McGeorge comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Deòraidh ‘son of the pilgrim’, and goes back to Old Irish déorad.
- Old Irishc. 600–900déorad‘stranger, outlaw, exile, wanderer, foreign mercenary, pilgrim’
- Scottish Gaelicmoderndeòradh‘wanderer, pilgrim’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac Deòraidh‘son of the pilgrim’
- EnglishtodayMcGeorge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Irishc. 600–900déorad‘stranger, outlaw, exile, wanderer, foreign mercenary, pilgrim’
- Scottish Gaelicmoderndeòradh‘wanderer, pilgrim’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac Deòraidh‘son of the pilgrim’
- EnglishtodayMcGeorge
The story
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Deòraidh (‘son of the pilgrim’), from deòradh (‘wanderer, pilgrim’).
Every English word from Old Irish déorad
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Irish déorad / McGeorge