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McKelvey

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

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shealbhaigh, ‘son of Sealbhach’, a personal name from the adjective sealbhach ‘rich in herds’, ‘rich’.
  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (see McEvoy).

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