Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir ‘son
of sallow John’. This form is associated mainly with Ross-shire.Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Oighre ‘son of the
heir’. This form is associated mainly with Perthshire.Anglicized
form of Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir ‘son of the steward or keeper’.
The same name in Ireland was commonly Anglicized as Weir.
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