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McGarvey

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (County Donegal) and Scottish (Galloway) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gairbhshíth ‘son of Gairbhshíth’, a personal name derived from garbh ‘rough’, ‘cruel’ + síth ‘peace’.

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