Gender | Masculine |
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Language(s) | Scottish Gaelic |
Other gender | |
Feminine | NicMhuirich |
Origin | |
Meaning | "son" + "of Muireach" |
Other names | |
Anglicisation(s) | Currie, MacVurich |
MacMhuirich is a masculine surname in Scottish Gaelic. The feminine form of the surname is NicMhuirich. The masculine form translates into English as "son of Muireach", and the feminine name translates as "daughter of MacMhuirich". The personal name Muireach means "mariner". The surname has been borne by a noted Hebridean family of bards, who claimed descent from an early 13th-century Irish bard.