McGirr

English

Alternative forms

(surname): McGarr

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Gheairr (“son of the short man”), from gearr (“short”).

Proper noun

McGirr (countable and uncountable, plural McGirrs)

A surname.
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, McGirr is the 25083^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 990 individuals. McGirr is most common among White (96.16%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGirr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.

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