McNair
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Various origins:
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir (“son of sallow John”), from the personal name Iain (“John”) and odhar (“dun; sallow”).
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Oighre (“son of the heir”), from oighre (“heir, inheritor”).
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir (“son of the officer”), from maor (“officer”).
Proper noun[edit]
McNair (countable and uncountable, plural McNairs)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McNair is the 2191st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16595 individuals. McNair is most common among Black/African American (54.75%) and White (39.57%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McNair”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 560.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Virginia, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA