McBride

English

Alternative forms

• MacBride, MacBryde, McBryde

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin.

Proper noun

McBride (countable and uncountable, plural McBrides)

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
   1. A village in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.
   2. In the United States:
      1. A village in Montcalm County, Michigan.
      2. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
      3. An unincorporated community in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri.
      4. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
      5. Former name of Sebree, Kentucky.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McBride is the 527^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 63899 individuals. McBride is most common among White (74.28%) and Black/African American (19.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McBride”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.