McQuaid is a surname of Irish origin, from the County Monaghan and other surrounding areas in

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

. It originated as a variation of

McCaul McCaul, also spelt MacCawell is an Irish surname, derived from the Gaelic '' Mac Cathmhaoil'', meaning the "son of Cathmhaol", ''descendant of'' being implied. The name ''Cathmhaoil'' itself is derived from ''cath mhaol'' meaning "battle chief". ...

, and similar spellings include

McQuade McQuade is a surname of Irish origin, from the County Monaghan and other surrounding areas in Ulster. It originated as a variation of McCaul, and similar spellings include McQuaid and McQuaide. Notable people with the surname include: People * A ...

and

McQuaide McQuaide is a surname of Irish origin, from the County Monaghan and other surrounding areas in Ulster. It originated as a variation of McCaul, and similar spellings include McQuade and McQuaid. Notable people with the surname include: * Franklin ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam McQuaid (born 1986), Canadian professional hockey player * Ann McQuaid (born 1951), Irish canoer * Bernard John McQuaid (1823–1909), American Roman Catholic bishop * Brad McQuaid (1969–2019), American computer game designer * Dan McQuaid (born 1960), American professional football player * Glenn McQuaid (born 1972/1973), Irish film director *

Herb McQuaid Herbert George McQuaid (March 29, 1899 – April 4, 1966) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. McQuaid played for the Cincinnati Reds in and the New York Yankees in . In 29 career games, he had a 2–0 record, with a 4.33 ERA. He batted and thre ...

(1899–1966), American baseball pitcher * Jack McQuaid (1859–1895), American baseball player and umpire * Jim McQuaid (1920–1991), Irish racing cyclist, coach, and manager * John McQuaid, multiple people including ** John McQuaid (cyclist) (born 1960), Irish cyclist **

John A. McQuaid John A. McQuaid is a former justice of the appeal division of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, serving from 1993 to his retirement in 2013. McQuaid is also a former a conflict of interest commissioner, serving one term, from 2015 to 202 ...

, Canadian jurist **

John Charles McQuaid John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. (28 July 1895 – 7 April 1973), was the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin between December 1940 and January 1972. He was known for the unusual amount of influence he had over successive governme ...

(1895–1973), Irish Roman Catholic archbishop *

Kieron McQuaid Kieron McQuaid (born 17 November 1950) is a former Irish cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ...

(born 1950), former Irish cyclist *

Mart McQuaid Mortimer Martin McQuaid (June 28, 1861 – March 5, 1928), was a professional baseball second baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball for the 1891 St. Louis Browns (NL), St. Louis Browns and 1898 Washington Senators (1891–99), Washingto ...

(1861–1928), professional baseball player *

Matt McQuaid Matthew McQuaid (born September 28, 1995) is a former American basketball player. He is currently a coaching staff member of the Michigan State Spartans. He played professionally for the Canton Charge and Skyliners Frankfurt after college where he ...

(born 1996), American professional basketball player *

Melanie McQuaid Melanie McQuaid (born May 17, 1973) is a Canadian triathlete. Competing in primarily XTERRA Triathlon, or cross triathlon, she has won three XTERRA World Championships as well as the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship in 2011 and 2017. McQua ...

(born 1973), Canadian triathlete * Melvin McQuaid (1911–2001), Canadian politician *

Michelle McQuaid Michelle Dianne McQuaid (born July 30, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She currently plays lead on Team Suzanne Birt. She is a three-time PEI junior champion and five-time PEI Scotties champion. Career Mc ...

(born 1991), Canadian curler * Oliver McQuaid (born 1954), Irish former cyclist * Paddy McQuaid, Irish road racing cyclist *

Pat McQuaid Patrick "Pat" McQuaid (born 5 September 1949 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish road racing cyclist. He had a strong amateur career and a brief professional period, before moving into race promotion and administration in Ireland and globally, s ...

(born 1949), Irish racing cyclist * Paul McQuaid, Irish cyclist * Peter McQuaid, Canadian politician * Phyllis W. McQuaid (1928–2023), American politician *

Sarah McQuaid Sarah McQuaid is a singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. She has recorded six solo albums: When Two Lovers Meet (self-released, 1997), I Won't Go Home ’Til Morning (self-released, 2008), The Plum Tree And The Rose (Waterbug Rec ...

(born 1966), Spanish-born British singer, songwriter and guitarist * Tommy McQuaid (1936–1981), Irish footballer *

Ululani McQuaid Ululani Papaikaniau McQuaid Robertson (later Jabulka) (1890–1970) was a Hawaiian opera singer and civic leader. Biography McQuaid was born to family with large landholdings in Kupanihi Valley on Oahu island, and with royal ancestry on her m ...

(1890–1970), Hawaiian opera singer and civic leader

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