"McCarthy" meaning in English

See McCarthy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: McCarthys [plural], McCarthies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Mac Carthaigh (literally “son of Carthach”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂-}}, {{bor+|en|ga|Mac Carthaigh|lit=son of Carthach}} Borrowed from Irish Mac Carthaigh (literally “son of Carthach”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s|McCarthies}} McCarthy (countable and uncountable, plural McCarthys or McCarthies)
  1. A surname from Irish. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (surname): 麥卡錫 (Chinese Mandarin), 麦卡锡 (Màikǎxí) (Chinese Mandarin), マッカーシー (Makkāshī) (Japanese), Макка́рти (Makkárti) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-McCarthy-en-name-O~oc0EH- Categories (other): English surnames Disambiguation of 'surname': 78 22
  2. A census-designated place in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Alaska, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Alaska, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-McCarthy-en-name-4TkZ6ocS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Mc Carthy, Mccarthy, MacCarthy, Mac Carthy, Maccarthy, M'Carthy, MaCarthy, Macarthy, Carthy, McCarty Derived forms: Charlie McCarthy, McCarthian, McCarthyan, McCarthyesque, McCarthyism, McCarthyist, McCarthyistic, McCarthy's shrew

Inflected forms

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