Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cearbhaill or Ó
Cearbhaill ‘son (or descendant) of Cearbhall’, a personal
name of uncertain origin, perhaps from cearbh ‘hacking’ and
hence a byname for a butcher or nickname for a fierce warrior.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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