The McBride name originates from Gaelic and Scottish origins, meaning "son of the servant of St. Brigit." Some early McBride settlers arrived in the United States in the 1840s-1850s. The name has many spelling variations and originally comes from Donegal, Ireland. The McBride coat of arms symbolizes something, though its meaning is unknown. Census records show where McBrides lived in England, Wales, and the United States. A family tree shows the descendants of one McBride family. Several notable people throughout history share the McBride surname.

1. McBrides
FAMILY HISTORY.

2. Where does the name McBride come from?
 As a Scottish name, McBride is derived from the
Gaelic “ Mac Gille Brighde,” which means “son of
the servant of St.Brigit.” This is a scottish Gaelic
word for church “ cill Brighde,” became a place name
(Kilbride, in Lanarkshire) and some bearers of
McBride may have originally taken their surnames
from this.

3. First Settlers
 Some of the first settlers of this family name/or some
variants were: Owen Kilbride who settled in Texas
with his wife and two children in 1852; Andrew
Kilbride and his three children arrived in Boston in
1849; Alexander, Andrew, Archibald , Bernard,
Charles , Daniel, David, Edward, Hugh, James, John,
Mary, Micheal, Neil, Patrick, Thomas, William
McBride, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840-
1860.

4. Does McBride come from various different
contexts?
 McBride has many different spelling variations such
as;
MacBride, McBride, Macbryde, Macbraid, MacBride
an, McKillbride, McGillbride, Macilvride, Mackelbre
ed, McBryde, Bridson, Brydson, Kilbride, Gilbride, M
acBridan, Macllvride, MacBraid and numerous
more.

5. Where does the name McBride originate from?
 First found in Arran, an Island in North Ayrshire, in
the fifth of Clyde, where the name has long
existed, although the name’s earliest roots are from
the county of Donegal in Ireland!
 According to legend, both the Scottish and the Irish
branches are descended from the son of the servant
of (St.) Brigit, which is the virgin Abbess of
Kildare, whom of which died in 525 A.D.

6. McBrides coat of arms.
As we all know, many families have
their own coat of arms. Along with
reason behind what it stands for, and
who created it.
With the McBride coat of arms, from
various research attempts, i havent
been able to find descriptive
information on what the McBride coat
of arms, is all about.
If there is one thing to say describing
it, on behalf of all coat of arms, they are
created for a reason, symbolise
something, some known, some un-
known.

7. Census Records
This picture shows, where
various McBrides live in
England and Whales.
While observing the key, you
can see what parts of Whales
and England they live in, and
how many live in these areas.

8. Census Records
Here as is the same with
Whales and
England, show’s where
McBrides live in The
United States Of America.
Although, these McBrides
may not be family in the
Mcbrides inner circle, they
do all trace back to
Donegal, Ireland.
Therefore, it is interesting
to see where different
McBrides immigrated.

9. Family Tree
The McBrides family tree is huge, back in the early
years, families were known to have many children.
Here is a family tree i created, providing my main
family members.

10. Some noteworthy people of the name: McBride
• Kevin Martin McBride (b. 1973), Irish Olympic boxer
• William John "Willie" McBride (b. 1940), Irish rugby player
• Daniel Richard "Danny" Mcbride (b. 1976), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and
producer
• Patricia McBride (b. 1942), American ballet dancer
• Robert McBride (b. 1911), American musician and composer
• Kenneth Faye "Ken" McBride (b. 1935), former American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Martina McBride (b. 1966), American country music singer
• George Wycliffe McBride (1854-1911), United States Senator from Oregon
• Jon Andrew McBride (b. 1943), former NASA astronaut with over 8 days in space
• Thomas Raymond McBride (1914-2001), American former Major League Baseball outfielder

11. Some famous McBrides

12. That was McBrides history