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Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Labhrainn ‘son of Labhrann’, Gaelic form of the personal name Lawrence.

This is the name of a Scottish clan that appears to have two distinct origins. One group traces its ancestry to Laurence (Gaelic Labhrann), Abbot of Balquhidder in Perths in the 13th century. The other group claims a historical association with the island of Tiree in the Hebrides.