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MacQuarrie is a
family name
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of
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
origin.
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Retrieved on 2008-01-13 It is an
Anglicisation
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of the
Gaelic
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''Mac Guaire'', which was a
patronymic form of 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 ...
meaning "proud" or "noble".
Notable people with the family name MacQuarrie
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Albert MacQuarrie, silent film actor
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Bob MacQuarrie
Robert Waldron MacQuarrie (November 24, 1926 – January 11, 2007) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1985, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
MacQuarrie was bo ...
, Canadian politician
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Frank MacQuarrie, American actor
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Heath MacQuarrie
Heath Nelson Macquarrie (September 18, 1919 – January 2, 2002) was a Canadian politician, teacher, scholar, and writer. Macquarrie described himself as a Red Tory, using the term in the title of his autobiography ''Red Tory Blues''.
During t ...
, Canadian politician
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John Macquarrie, British philosopher and theologian
*Michael MacQuarrie, Canadian-American physician
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Melanie Morse MacQuarrie
Melanie Virginia Sydney Morse MacQuarrie (13 June 1945 – 1 February 2005) was a British-born Canadian actress.
Background
MacQuarrie was the daughter of actors Barry Morse and Sydney Sturgess and sister of Hayward Morse. She was born in Lond ...
, Canadian actress
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Murdock MacQuarrie
Murdock MacQuarrie (August 25, 1878 – August 20, 1942) was an American silent film actor and director. His name was also seen as Murdock McQuarrie.
MacQuarrie was born in San Francisco, California, and attended school there. He was the ...
, actor
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Ralph Angus McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator
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Robert H. MacQuarrie, Canadian politician
Other
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Clan MacQuarrie
Clan MacQuarrie (also Quarrie, MacQuarie, McQueary, McQuary, MacQuaire, Macquarie) is an ancient Highland Scottish clan which owned the islands of Ulva, Staffa and Gometra as well as large tracts of land on the Isle of Mull, which are all ...
, a Scottish clan.
Related names
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Macquarie Macquarie may refer to: People
* Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of the British colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821.
* Elizabeth Macquarie Campbell, Lachlan Macquarie's second wife
Locations
* Division of Macquarie, an electoral district in th ...
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* Macquarrie
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