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McClay

McClay proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

McClay (plural McClays)

  1. A surname.

Forms of McClay

pluralMcClays
alternative formMcLay
alternative formMcLeay

Origin of McClay

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an Leagha (“son of the physician”), from leigheas (“remedy, cure”).

Questions about McClay

What does McClay mean?
McClay means a surname.
What part of speech is McClay?
McClay is a proper noun.

Words near McClay in the dictionary

  1. McClaskey
  2. McClaskeys
  3. McClatchey
  4. McClatcheys
  5. McClaurin
  6. McClay
  7. McClays
  8. McClean
  9. McCleans
  10. McCleary
  11. McClearys

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