McCready

English

Alternative forms

• Maready, McCrady, McCredie, McCreedy, McReady

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Riada (“son of Riada”), a byname meaning "expert", "trained".

Proper noun

McCready (plural McCreadys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCready is the 7725^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4296 individuals. McCready is most common among White (88.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCready”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 549.