McLemore
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English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhuire (“son of the servant of Mary”). Compare Gilmore.
Proper noun
McLemore (plural McLemores)
- A surname from Irish.
- 2011, Richard Zelade, Lone Star Travel Guide to Central Texas, page 274:
- Jeptha Billingsley, who was no prize pig himself (he had been arrested for horse theft and assault with intent to murder), was to be taught a lesson, and the vigilantes made him cut down the McLemores.
- 2023 April 13, Paradise Afshar and Andi Babineau, “A man with schizophrenia died after being kept naked and malnourished in solitary confinement at an Indiana jail for nearly 3 weeks, lawsuit says”, in CNN:
- According to the lawsuit, McLemore struggled with diagnosed schizophrenia and substance abuse and was in the midst of an “acute mental health crisis.”
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McLemore is the 3306th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10850 individuals. McLemore is most common among White (63.44%) and Black/African American (28.56%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McLemore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558.