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Sorry, but your name Gregg has a different country of origin to that of McGregor, It is also most unlikely that it was altered from McGregor to Gregg at some time in the past, McGregor has a Scottish root, Gregg has an English root or is possibly a Anglicized version of Greig or Grieg!.

Gregg
Recorded as Greg, Gregg, Greig, Grigg, (Anglo-Scottish) and Grieg (Norwegian), this is ultimately a surname of Greek origins!. It is a diminutive of the given name Gregory, from the Greek Gregorios, meaning to be watchful!. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius, it came to be associated by folk etymology with "gregis", meaning a flock or herd, and thus was interpreted as the Christian image of "The good shepherd"!. The name was a Crusader introduction!. That is to say a name brought back to Northern Europe by returning Crusader knights from the Holy Land in the 12th century!. It generated a number of spellings in different parts of Europe being mainly Greig and Grieg in Scotland, and Gregg or Grigg in England!. Greig is a popular surname in Fifeshire and along the east central coast, whilst Grieg is the Norwegian form and much associated with the great composer who descended from John Grieg of Fraserburgh!. Sir Samuel Greig (1735 - 1788) became Admiral of the Russian navy, by appointment of Tsarina Catherine the Great!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Greg, and dated circa 1214 - 1226, in the charters of the earldom of Morton, Scotland, during the reign of King Alexander 11nd of Scotland", 1214 - 1249
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Gregg: Last name origin & meaning:
English: from a short form of Gregory!.
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Macgregor
This notable and long-established Scottish surname is an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "MacGriogar", son of Griogar or Gregory, a male given name popular throughout Christendom in the Middle Ages, but having its origins in the ancient Greek (200 B!.C!.) "Gregorios", a derivative of "gregorian", to be awake or watchful!. This name was borne by two 4th Century fathers of the Orthodox Church: St!. Gregory Nazianzene, and St!. Gregory of Nyssa, but it was St!. Gregory the Great (circa 540 - 604), first Pope of the name, who spread its popularity in Western Europe!. The legendary ancestor of the Macgregor clan is the 10th Century King Giric, or Girig, fourth in succession from Kenneth 1, and referred to as "Gregory the Great" in feudal documents!. The Macgregors are reputed to have had "the redeeming merit of picturesqueness, and for that reason they occupy a larger place in Scottish literature than any other Highland clan"!. During the Middle Ages the clan acquired a reputation for lawlessness, and the name Macgregor was proscribed in a 1603 Act of Parliament; nevertheless, it has survived in large numbers!. Particulars on the life of Robert Macgregor (1671 - 1734), known as "Rob Roy", are to be found in Scott's introduction to "Rob Roy"!.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Duncan McGregere, which was dated 1292, in the "Scottish Name Register", during the reign of King Robert 1 of Scotland, known as "Robert the Bruce", 1306 - 1329!.
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McGregor: Last name origin & meaning:
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Griogair ‘son of Griogar’, Gaelic form of the personal name Gregory!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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