McQuaid Family

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About the McQuaid surname

The surname McQuaid is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. The prefix in McQuaid belongs to a family of Gaelic forms traditionally used in patronymic surnames and is generally associated with descent.

Pronunciation: Èm-sé-kèd/ɛmsekɛd/

Most frequent given names among the McQuaid family

Men

  1. 1James33
  2. 2John26
  3. 3Edward11
  4. 4Georges10
  5. 5Robert8

Women

  1. 1Mary16
  2. 2Catherine11
  3. 3Margaret11
  4. 4Susanne9
  5. 5Mary-Ann7
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The McQuaid name in our genealogy archives

506occurrences in our collections
9collections containing this name
5 151881 → 1901people enumerated
1820First mention of the name
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