Re: Meaning of 'McGivern'
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Meaning of 'McGivern'
1/29/00
From a book on Irish surnames:
"MacGivern 'Mag Uidhrin' [Gaelic] ('odhar,' of which this is a diminutive, means dun-colored).Map Armagh-Down.Both Biggar and Montgomery are strangely used as synonyms of MacGivern in Co. Down."