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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhlaithimh ‘son of Flaitheamh’, a personal name meaning ‘prince’. See also Claffey.
  • Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Clochaire ‘son of the stone worker’.

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