McCarthy

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//məˈkɑː.θi//
United States//məˈkɑɹ.θi//

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

1
A surname from Irish.
The McCarthys say they did not wish to publicize the incident, but the Catholic newspaper in Maine heard about it and wrote an article.
Life is finally loose, one could say, liberated from its social constrains and sincere in its necessities, its insistence and its arrogative demands, but McCarthy also reveals the implications of life's liberation and, by the same token, unmasks any misplaced romanticisations regarding its disavowal in the polis:
2
A census-designated place in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Mac Carthaigh (literally “son of Carthach”).

Forms

plural: McCarthys, McCarthies

McBride · A surname.McCall · A surname.McCann · A surname from Irish.

McCarthy · A surname from Irish.

McCoy · A surname.McDonald · A surname from Scottish Gaelic.McGee · A surname from Irish.

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