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Mairghead Surname Definition:
MAIRGHEAD: The local pronunciation of the Gaelic for Margaret shows that the form Mairghead exists as well as Mairead and Mairearad. The spelling Marghred occurs in the Book of Clanranald (Rel. Celt., I, p. 158), and Macfarlane (BB., p. 150) gives it as Mairghread.
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MAIRGHEAD: The local pronunciation of the Gaelic for Margaret shows that the form Mairghead exists as well as Mairead and Mairearad. The spelling Marghred occurs in the Book of Clanranald (Rel. Celt., I, p. 158), and Macfarlane (BB., p. 150) gives it as Mairghread. The first person of distinction in Europe to bear the name was the sister of Edgar Atheling. She received the name in Hungary, where she was born in 1040. The esteem in which she was held as Queen of Malcolm in doubtless made the name popular in Scotland.
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