McGoldrick
English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ualghairg (“son of Ualgharg”), a personal name composed of the elements úall (“vanity, pride”) + garg (“fierce”) (from Old Irish garg, from Proto-Celtic *gargos (“rough”)).
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McGoldrick is the 11031st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2882 individuals. McGoldrick is most common among White (95.77%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGoldrick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.
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