Mccrea as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mccrea

What is the meaning of the name Mccrea ?

The baby name Mccrea is a Male name , 23 syllables long and is pronounced /məˈkriːə/ (muh-KREE-ə),/məˈkreɪ/ (muh-KRAY).

Mccrea is Irish, Scottish in Origin.

Mccrea is a transferred surname used as a given name, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Rath and Irish Mac Craith, meaning “son of grace,” “favor,” or “good fortune” (ráth). Common pronunciations are muh-KRAY and muh-KREE. Spelling variants include McCrea, MacCrea, McCrae, MacRae, McRae, McCray, McRea, and McCree; Rae and Mac appear as short forms.

The surname is tied to Clan MacRae of Kintail in the Scottish Highlands and to Irish Mac Craith families (often anglicized as McGrath/Magrath). In Ulster, contact between Scots and Irish forms helped yield spellings like McCrea, later carried to North America. As a first name, Mccrea surfaced in the 19th century in Scotland and the United States, often as a middle name honoring family heritage, and has gained modest contemporary use in the broader surname-as-given-name trend. It reads as unisex, with a brisk, modern sound balanced by its traditional Gaelic roots and auspicious meaning.

⚙ Mccrea is vanishingly rare. We hold just 2 recorded uses of it, from 1 country.