Etymograph

English

McKellar

McKellar comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair ‘son of Ealair’.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Ealair‘son of Ealair’
  2. EnglishtodayMcKellar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Ealair‘son of Ealair’
  2. EnglishtodayMcKellar

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (‘son of Ealair’), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.

Today it means

name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair / McKellar