McGoldrick

English

Alternative forms

• Goldrick, McGolrick

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”)).

Proper noun

McGoldrick (plural McGoldricks)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGoldrick is the 11031^st 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.