Irish (Ulster) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Giolla Bhuidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired lad’.
Irish:
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic,
originally (the genitive has been altered) from
fíodhbhadhach ‘woodman’. In east Ulster this surname has
sometimes been used in place of McVeigh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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