McBride - Bumpus Genealogy
Surname ' Mac Bride '
mac -- a son, Irish mac, Old Irish macc, Welsh mab,
Old Welsh map, Cornish mab,Brenton map, mab, Ogam
grn. Maqvi: *makko-s, root mak, rear, nutrice, Welsh
magu, rear, nurse, Brenton maguet: Indo-European mak,
ability, production; Greek @ Gmakr'os, long, @ Gm'akar.
blessed; Zend macanh, greatness; Lettic ma'zu, can, be
able. Kluge compares Gothic magaths, maid, Anglo -
Saxon magb, English maid, further Gothic magus, boy
Norse mo'gr, which however, is allied to Old Irish mug
MACBRIDE --- MacBride comes from the Irish Mac Giolla Bhride ' son of follower of
( St ) Bridget ; St Bridget was a famous abbess of Kildare, who died in 523. Also derived
from the same Irish original are the surnamesKilbride, Gilbride, Macllvreed. NacGilbride
and others. The Principal Irish Family name was based in the north of County Donegal
in Raymunterdoney , where they were very prominnet in the church , a number of the
family becoming bishops. A branch migrated in County Down in early times, where the
surname remains quite numerous. In Ulster also, the name may have a Scottish origin,
from the Scottish origin, from the decendants of Gillebride, progenitor of one branch
of the Clan Donald. The best known contempory bearer of the surname was
Sean MacBride (1904 - 1988), active on the Repulican side in the War of
Independence and after, Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951,
founder - member of the Amnesty International, winner of the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize in 1977 and the American Medal for
Justice in 1978.
Dictionaries of Surnames indicate probable spelling variations of McBride
to be - Mac Bride , St. Bridget , McBrides , Mac Brides , Mc Bryde , Bride ,
Brides , Bridget , Bridgets , Bryget , Briget , Bryde and Brydes.
Family Tree tales and stories passed down through the years and
generations certainly have affirmation that our Family Surname ' McBride '
had at one time been ' Mac Bride '. The date and place that this surname
change in spelling is unknown. Still they are proud Irish Surnames to bear
and have ben for centuries and the ages to come.
(pl. mogi), skave. The teutonic words also originallycome from a root denoting " might
increase : , Greek@Gmc@nhos, means,Sanskrit mahas, great Hence macanta, mild : " filial ".