Where does my name come from

[stevieweevie]

My sir name is McCreadie, I was born in Paisley, Scotland, does anyone know where or how far back this name comes from?

[smurfchops]

There are lots of websites with the McCreadie name on, which might help :

http://www.google.co....cial&client=firefox-a

Otherwise I am sure Dottie Hawkes will come along and help you. Good luck.

[dothawkes31]

from Ancestry.co.uk : McCready Name Meaning and History-
Irish and Scottish: Anglicised form of Gaelic Mac Riada ‘son of Riada’, a personal name meaning ‘trained’, ‘expert’.

This might be interesting:
http://www.amazon.com...eativeASIN=B000W1HNR0

There is a dedicated McCreadt message board on ancestry.co.uk which has 178 threads!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCreadie

http://www.houseofnam...eady-family-crest.htm

[dundurn]

Your family probably hasn't moved very far from its origins - McCready/McCreadie is an Ayrshire name.

[sigma]

This distinguished Irish surname is either an abbreviated form of "MacConready", itself an Anglicization of the Old Gaelic "MacConriada", son of Conriada, a personal byname composed of the elements "con", hound, and "riada", trained, expert, or an Anglicized form of "MacRiada", son of the expert one. Traditionally, Irish family names are taken from the heads of tribes, revered elders, or some illustrious warrior, and are usually prefixed by "O", male descendant of, or "Mac", denoting "son of". The above septs belonged to the province of Ulster, and were erenagh families in the barony of Raphoe, Co. Donegal, which implies that they held church property, and maintained the priest from generation to generation. M(a)cCready, with its variants McCreedy, McCreadie, McReedy, McGready and MacAredy, is now widespread in the three northern counties of Donegal, Derry and Antrim, and is also plentiful in Counties Down and Armagh. In 1864, the birth of John Brown McCready was recorded in Aghadowery, Co. Derry, and on July 14th 1866, one Rose Anne McCready was born at Grey Abbey, Co. Down. The family of Monsignor Charles MacCready, rector of the Church of the Holy Cross, New York, a century ago, was originally from Co. Derry. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Father Donogh MacReidy (also called MacCreedy), which was dated 1608, in "Records of the Deans and Martyrs of Coleraine", Co. Derry, Ireland, during the reign of King James 1 of England and V1 of Scotland, 1603 - 1625.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb....Creadie#ixzz0nz0JJcc6

[dothawkes31]

that's a very Americanised version