About the Mc Kelvey surname
The surname Mc Kelvey is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “mckelvey”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
Èm-sé-kèl-vè/ɛmsekɛlvɛ/