MacBryde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland
Scotland

As a Scottish name, MacBryde is derived from the Gaelic "Mac Gille Brighde," meaning "son of the servant of (St.) Brigit." The Scottish Gaelic word for church "cill Bríghde," became a place name (Kilbride, in Lanarkshire) and some bearers of MacBryde may have originally taken their surnames from this.

Early Origins of the MacBryde family

The surname MacBryde was first found in Arran, an island in North Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, in the Firth of Clyde, where the name has long existed, although the name's earliest recorded roots are from County Donegal in Ireland. According to legend, both the Scottish and the Irish branches are descended from the son of the servant of (St.) Brigit, the virgin Abbess of Kildare who died 525 A.D.

Early History of the MacBryde family

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MacBryde Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: MacBride, McBride, Macbryde, Macbraid, MacBridan, McKillbride, McGillbride, Macilvride, Mackelbreed, McBryde, Bridson, Brydson, Kilbride, Gilbride,MacBridan, MacIlvride, MacBraid and many more.

Early Notables of the MacBryde family

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Migration of the MacBryde family to Ireland

Some of the MacBryde family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the MacBryde family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Ant Macbride, who arrived in Georgia in 1734; Alexander McBride, who was recorded in Charlestown, SC in 1767; Anthony McBride, who was listed as a Scottish settler in Ontario, Canada in 1821.

Contemporary Notables of the name MacBryde (post 1700) +

Robert MacBryde (1913-1966), Scottish Modernist painter and a theatre set designer
William MacBryde, Canadian Chemist