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McRae.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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  2. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama.

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  3. A place in the United States: A city in White County, Arkansas.

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  4. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clay County, Florida.

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  5. A place in the United States: A former city in Telfair County, Georgia, now part of McRae-Helena.

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  6. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.

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  7. A community in the County of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.

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Where this word comes from

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.

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