Mccleary Family History
Mccleary Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish:: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Chléirigh (Irish) or Mac a'Chléirich (Scottish) ‘son of the cleric’. See Cleary . Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Arraith ‘son of the servant of Arraith’ or possibly (since there is no saint Arráith) of Mac Giolla an Ráith ‘son of the prosperous youth’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022