McGivern

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Uidhrín (“son of Uidhrín”), a personal name which is from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”).

Proper noun

McGivern (plural McGiverns)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGivern is the 23866^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1058 individuals. McGivern is most common among White (94.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGivern”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.