MACGREGOR FAMILY CREST

MACGREGOR CLAN CREST

The Scottish and Irish surname MacGregor is an anglicization of the Gaelic Mac Griogair meaning "son of Griogar". The personal name Griogar is a Gaelic form of the personal name Gregory. Clan MacGregor is a Highland Scottish clan. Outlawed for nearly two hundred years after losing their lands in a long power struggle with the Clan Campbell, the Clan Gregor claims descent from Constantin and wife and cousin Malvina, first son of Doungallas and wife Spontana (daughter of a High King of Ireland) and grandson of Giric, the third son of Alpín mac Echdach, the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first King of Scotland, a descent which is proclaimed in the motto, 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream, translated as "Royal is my Race." Today there are 5,000 people with the family name MacGregor living in The United States.

MACGREGOR RAISED CREST RING VARIANT SPELLING