Is the name "McBride Irish or Scottish?

Question

My mother's father's last name was McBride. She thinks it was Scottish. I thought it might be Irish. Does anyone know for sure?

Answer 1

It is both

See  houseofnames.com

Answer 2

Thought this might be of interest to you, it is relatives of Donald McBride who was born in 1799 Sheanochie, Arran, Scotland. There is definitely  McBrides  from Scotland but whether your family came from Scotland or Ireland I don't know, but try this out you might find some long lost relative.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/...

Answer 3

there  both ,,,,ive been to uk and freinds there are scottish and irish both there names start with mc  its a united kingdom thing id say..

Answer 4

it is both....

i am from ireland there is loads of mcbrides

"mac" means "son of" in both irish gaelic and scots gaelic... that is why some of the names are in common

Answer 5

It can be both. Mc is normally Irish. Mac is Scots. But many Scots decended from Irish families in the 1700's and 1800's who left Ireland for employment or the two potato famines use the Mc.

Answer 6

ditto to what Ted says.

The "origin" of a surname is NOT the same as the origin or heritage of a PERSON.  

We'd love to entice you into tracing your ancestry. You would search for grandpa McBride, using documentation/ records, and go back to where you find the immigrant ancestor.

Searching for surnames is what I often think of as dart-throwing.

Answer 7

Both. It can be African-American, too. The only way to know where your ancestors came from is to trace your family tree.

Answer 8

This is what www.ancestry.com says about the origin of the name,

McBride Name Meaning and History

Irish (mainly County Donegal) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Brighde, from earlier Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Irish), Mac Gille Brighde (Scottish) ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brighid’. Compare Kilbride.

hope this helps.