McIlwrick

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich (“son of the brindled lad”), from gille (“lad”) and riabhach (“brindled, speckled”). Compare McElrath, which derives from the Irish variant of the surname.

Proper noun

McIlwrick (plural McIlwricks)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McIlwrick is the 7769^th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 44 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McIlwrick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.
• Forebears