McWhirter

McWhirter

McWhirter and Macwhirter, MacWhirter are Anglicisations of the Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir, meaning "son of the harpist or fiddler". The name is derived from the Gaelic cruitear, meaning "harpist", "fiddler". The Scottish name is generally found in Ayrshire.[1] The surnames can be represented in modern Scottish Gaelic as Mac a' Chruiteir.[2]

People with the surnames

Macwhirter, MacWhirter
  • Iain Macwhirter Scottish political commentator
  • John MacWhirter Scottish landscape painter
McWhirter
  • Alastair McWhirter (b. 1953), British police officer and chief constable
  • Douglas McWhirter (1886–1966), English Olympic football player
  • Edward McWhirter (b.1953), Inventor of StyroHawk Kites and the BlackjackWave Card-Counting Systems
  • George McWhirter Irish-Canadian writer
  • John McWhirter (contemporary), British mathematician and engineer
  • John McWhirter, RA (1839-1911), Scottish landscape painter
  • Julie McWhirter (b. 1947), American voice actress
  • Norrie McWhirter (b. 1969), Scottish footballer (St. Mirren FC)
  • Norris McWhirter (1925–2004), British writer and political activist; cofounder of the Guinness World Records; brother of Ross McWhirter
  • Ross McWhirter (1925–1975), British cofounder of Guinness World Records; brother of Norris McWhirter; assassinated

References

  1. ^ "What's in a name?". www.ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?. Retrieved 11 December 2009. 
  2. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/cuspair/Ainmean_pearsanta.docx. Retrieved October 15, 2009. 

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