MacQuarrie explained

MacQuarrie
Meaning:	a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name meaning 'proud' or 'noble'.
Region:	Scotland
Language:	derived from Gaelic: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Mac Guaire.
Variant:	Macquarie, McQuarrie, Macquarrie

MacQuarrie is a family name of Scottish origin.^[1] It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Mac Guaire, which was a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name meaning 'proud' or 'noble'.

Notable people with the family name MacQuarrie

• Albert MacQuarrie, silent film actor
• Bob MacQuarrie, Canadian politician
• Frank MacQuarrie, American actor
• Heath MacQuarrie, Canadian politician
• John Macquarrie, British philosopher and theologian
• Melanie Morse MacQuarrie, Canadian actress
• Murdock MacQuarrie, actor
• Ralph Angus McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator
• Robert H. MacQuarrie, Canadian politician

Other

• Clan MacQuarrie, a Scottish clan.

Related names

• Macquarie
• McQuarrie
• Macquarrie

Notes and References

1. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/McQuarrie-name-meaning.ashx McQuarrie Name Meaning and Origin