# McClatchey

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Èitigh (“son of the ugly lad”), from gille (“boy, lad”) and èitigh (“unseemly, ugly”).

## Source
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