Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish or Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhuidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired man’ (from buidhe ‘yellow’), or Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe ‘son of the woodcutter’ (see McEvoy).

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe