McLure Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

McLure is best understood together with McClure: both are Scottish spellings of one family name. Taken at its root, McLure points to “Son of the sallow lad”.

• Without the “c” of McClure, McLure is a simpler written form of the same name.
• The same family of names includes MacLure, MacClure and McCleur.
• In the 2010 US Census, 623 Americans gave McLure as their last name (rank 35,993).

Family crest and blazon

There is no single McLure family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your McLure family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.