As a Scottish name, McIlvride 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 McIlvride may have originally taken their surnames from this.
Early Origins of the McIlvride family
The surname McIlvride 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 McIlvride family
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McIlvride 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 McIlvride family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the McIlvride family to Ireland
Some of the McIlvride family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the McIlvride family to the New World and Oceana
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 McIlvride (post 1700)
- Lewis McIlvride (1882-1949), Scottish-born, New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament for Napier (1922-1925)