MacKirdy Surname Guide

If your family name is MacKirdy, its origin lies with McCurdy, a long-established Scottish surname. The family name meaning is “Son of the mariner”, the same as for McCurdy. Records show MacKirdy as one of the forms McCurdy took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: MacCurdy and McCurdie.

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