Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Oitir ‘son of Oitir’, Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal
name Óttarr, composed of the elements ótti ‘fear’,
‘dread’ + herr ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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