McGarry: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

McGarry began as an Irish family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “the son of Fearadhach (manly)”.

Surname origin

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. Smith also lists McGary.

In the 2010 US Census, 6,982 Americans gave McGarry as their last name (rank 5,026).

McGarry coat of arms

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a McGarry family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

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