McKeever
Sign in to saveMcKeever is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Íomhair, meaning "‘son of Íomhar". The Gaelic personal name Íomhar is a form of the Old Norse personal name Ivarr. Similar surnames or variants are McIver, MacIver, McIvor and MacIvor. Native Gaelic surnames Mac Éibhir and Mac Éimhir also exist, and Flann Ó Riain, in his "What's That" column in The Irish Times, states that some Mac Íomhairs may originally have been Mac Éibhir.
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It is catalogued under the topic Surnames.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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McKeever is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Íomhair, meaning "‘son of Íomhar". The Gaelic personal name Íomhar is a form of the Old Norse personal name Ivarr. Similar surnames or variants are McIver, MacIver, McIvor and MacIvor. Native Gaelic surnames Mac Éibhir and Mac Éimhir also exist, and Flann Ó Riain, in his "What's That" column in The Irish Times, states that some Mac Íomhairs may originally have been Mac Éibhir.
==People== Andrew Edward McKeever (1894-1919), Canadian military aviator Brian McKeever (born 1979), Canadian Paralympic skier Ian McKeever (artist) (born 1946), British artist Ian McKeever (mountaineer) (1970-2013), Irish mountaineer Robin McKeever (born 1973), Canadian Paralympic and Olympic skier Sean McKeever (born 1972), American comic book writer
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