McKeever is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name is derived from the
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
Mac Íomhair
''Mac Íomhair'' is a masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of ''Íomhar''". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The form ''Nic ...
, meaning "‘son of ''Íomhar''". The Gaelic
personal name
A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...
''Íomhar'' is a form of the
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
personal name ''Ivarr''. Similar surnames or variants are ''
McIver, MacIver,'' ''
McIvor and MacIvor''.
People
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Peter McKeever (born 1992), American Freight God
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Brian McKeever
Brian McKeever (born June 18, 1979) is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete, who became Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian when he won his 14th medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He finished the 2018 Games with a career total ...
(born 1979), Canadian Paralympic skier
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Ian McKeever (artist)
Ian McKeever (born 30 November 1946) is a contemporary British artist. Since 1990 McKeever has lived and worked in Hartgrove, Dorset, England.
Biography
McKeever was born and raised in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. He studied Englis ...
(born 1946), British artist
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Ian McKeever (mountaineer)
Ian McKeever (13 February 19702 January 2013) was an Irish mountaineer, broadcaster, and motivational speaker. He once held the world record for the fastest completion of the Seven Summits challenge, completing the Messner and Bass lists in a r ...
(1970-2013), Irish mountaineer
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Robin McKeever
Robin McKeever (born April 8, 1973) is a Canadians, Canadian Paralympic cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier.
Biography
Born in Calgary, Alberta, McKeever participated in cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympic ...
(born 1973), Canadian Paralympic and Olympic skier
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Sean McKeever
Sean Kelley McKeever (born 1972) is an American comic book writer. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin he grew up in Eagle River.
Career
Since the end of his creator-owned teen drama series ''The Waiting Place'', which was published from 1997 to 2002, ...
(born 1972), American comic book writer
Ships
*, a United States Navy patrol vessel and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919
*, a United States Navy patrol vessel and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919
See also
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Mac Íomhair
''Mac Íomhair'' is a masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of ''Íomhar''". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The form ''Nic ...
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Ímar
Ímar ( non, Ívarr ; died c. 873), who may be synonymous with Ivar the Boneless, was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century who founded the Uí Ímair dynasty, and whose descendants would go on to dominate the Iri ...
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Uí Ímair
The Uí Ímair (; meaning ‘''scions of Ivar’''), also known as the Ivar Dynasty or Ivarids was a royal Norse-Gael dynasty which ruled much of the Irish Sea region, the Kingdom of Dublin, the western coast of Scotland, including the Hebrides ...
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Norse–Gaels
The Norse–Gaels ( sga, Gall-Goídil; ga, Gall-Ghaeil; gd, Gall-Ghàidheil, 'foreigner-Gaels') were a people of mixed Gaelic and Norse ancestry and culture. They emerged in the Viking Age, when Vikings who settled in Ireland and in Scotlan ...
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McIver McIver and MacIver are Scottish and northern Irish surnames. The names are derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Íomhair'', meaning "‘son of ''Íomhar''". The Gaelic personal name ''Íomhar'' is a form of the Old Norse personal name ''Ivarr''. Similar su ...
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Surnames